One suggestion with a spark of truth is worth a hundred repetitions of sound platitudes.

One suggestion with a spark of truth is worth a hundred repetitions of sound platitudes.

In native worth and honour clad.

In native worth and honour clad.

I care not twopence.

I care not twopence.

If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.

If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.

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.

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

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

It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one read more

It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one fills.
[Fr., Il est plus facile de paraitre digne des emplois qu'on n'a
pas que de ceux que l'on exerce.]

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.

You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.

You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.