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?

My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je read more

My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je bois dans mon verre.]

All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.

All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.

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.

Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
[Lat., Nihil vulgare te dignum videri potest.]

Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
[Lat., Nihil vulgare te dignum videri potest.]

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

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

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

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.

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.