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He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.
We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.
The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.
The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.
Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does
well will always have patrons enough.
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We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does
well will always have patrons enough.
[Lat., Virtute ambire oportet, non favitoribus.
Sat habet favitorum semper, qui recte facit.]
Thy father's merit sets thee up to view,
And shows thee in the fairest point of light,
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Thy father's merit sets thee up to view,
And shows thee in the fairest point of light,
To make thy virtues, or thy faults, conspicuous.
It sounds like stories from the land of spirits,
If any man obtain that which he merits,
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It sounds like stories from the land of spirits,
If any man obtain that which he merits,
Or any merit that which he obtains.
Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded
Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded
