I beg to submit that it is the first.

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil

When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

When any calamity has been suffered, the first thing to be remembered is how much has been escaped

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.