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.

'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.

'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

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?

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.]

I would that I were low laid in my grave.
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I would that I were low laid in my grave.
I am not worth this coil that's made for me.

In native worth and honour clad.

In native worth and honour clad.

An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.

An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.

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

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