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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.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
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.]
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.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
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.