O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
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O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
What can mine own praise to mine own self bring,
And what is't but mine own when I praise thee?

In native worth and honour clad.

In native worth and honour clad.

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of read more

I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.

You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.

I would that I were low laid in my grave.
I am not worth this coil that's made for read more

I would that I were low laid in my grave.
I am not worth this coil that's made for me.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.

It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.