Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow;
The rest is all but leather and prunello.

Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow;
The rest is all but leather and prunello.

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?

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.

A pilot's part in calms cannot be spy'd,
In dangerous times true worth is only tri'd.

A pilot's part in calms cannot be spy'd,
In dangerous times true worth is only tri'd.

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn

Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
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Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
Before so noble and so great a figure
Be stamped upon it.

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

Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).

Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).

If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.

If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.