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.]

'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.

This was the penn'worth of his thought.

This was the penn'worth of his thought.

A pilot's part in calms cannot be spy'd,
In dangerous times true worth is only tri'd.

A pilot's part in calms cannot be spy'd,
In dangerous times true worth is only tri'd.

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

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

An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.

An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.

All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.

All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.

In native worth and honour clad.

In native worth and honour clad.

Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
Before so noble read more

Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
Before so noble and so great a figure
Be stamped upon it.