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All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the read more
It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the first.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
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.]
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
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.
If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.
If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
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.]