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.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn

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.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Too good for great things and too great for good.

Too good for great things and too great for good.

This was the penn'worth of his thought.

This was the penn'worth of his thought.

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.

In native worth and honour clad.

In native worth and honour clad.