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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.]
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
This mournful truth is everywhere confess'd,
Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd.
This mournful truth is everywhere confess'd,
Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.
The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.
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.
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.
