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.

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.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.

Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow;
The rest is all but leather and prunello.

Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow;
The rest is all but leather and prunello.

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.

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to read more

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.

He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.

He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.