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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.
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were
slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins read more
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were
slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and
goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, and tormented;
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts,
and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
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.
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.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
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.
