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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
The more merit, the less affection
The more merit, the less affection
If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump read more
If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, or, trust me, you haven't a chance.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely
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For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin?
The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.
The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.
We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.
We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.
Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit.
Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
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.
