Celerity wins the race. [ Sir John Astley ]

He plays well that wins. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

The last suitor wins the maid. [ Proverb ]

He always wins who sides with God. [ Faber ]

Bear the burden of the present,
Let the morrow bear its own;
If the morning sky be pleasant.
Why the coming night bemoan?

Holy strivings nerve and strengthen,
Long endurance wins the crown;
When the evening shadows lengthen,
Thou shalt lay the burden down. [ Thomas Mackellar ]

It is a silly game where nobody wins. [ Proverb ]

Silence that wins, where eloquence is vain. [ William Hayley ]

Consider how the desperate fight;
Despair strikes wild, - but often fatal too -
And in the mad encounter wins success. [ Havard ]

And to hie him home, at evening's close.
To sweet repast, and calm repose.
* * *
From toil he wins his spirits light.
From busy day the peaceful night;
Rich, from the very want of wealth,
In heaven's best treasures, peace and health. [ Gray ]

'Tis good nature only wins the heart;
It moulds the body to an easy grace
And brightens every feature of the face;
It smoothes the unpolish'd tongue with eloquence
And adds persuasion to the finest sense. [ Stillingfleet ]

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll;
Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. [ Pope ]

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. [ Pope ]

And mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair. [ Byron ]

Ability wins us the esteem of the true men; luck that of the people. [ La Rochefoucauld ]

His face was of that doubtful kind, That wins the eye but not the mind. [ Scott ]

But look for ruin when a coward wins; For fear and cruelty are ever twins. [ Aleyn ]

Good-nature is the beauty of the mind, and, like personal beauty, wins almost without anything else. [ Hanway ]

The art of using moderate abilities to advantage wins praise, and often acquires more reputation than actual brilliancy. [ La Rochefoucauld ]

The art of being able to make a good use of moderate abilities wins esteem and often confers more reputation than real merit. [ La Bruyere ]

Perseverance is a Roman virtue that wins each godlike act, and plucks success even from the spear-proof crest of rugged danger. [ Harvard ]