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.

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.

Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
Before so noble read more

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.

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.]

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.

In native worth and honour clad.

In native worth and honour clad.

Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.

Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.

I care not twopence.

I care not twopence.

He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.

He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.