'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.

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.

Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.

Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.

You've got to love this business. You have to be able to take rejection.

You've got to love this business. You have to be able to take rejection.

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

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

Puberty is a phase... fifteen years of rejection is a lifestyle. [Stanford]

Puberty is a phase... fifteen years of rejection is a lifestyle. [Stanford]

O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
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O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
What can mine own praise to mine own self bring,
And what is't but mine own when I praise thee?

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.]