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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.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
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.
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.
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.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to read more
Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.