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All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
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.]
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
One suggestion with a spark of truth is worth a hundred repetitions of sound platitudes.
One suggestion with a spark of truth is worth a hundred repetitions of sound platitudes.
Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
[Lat., Nihil vulgare te dignum videri potest.]
Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
[Lat., Nihil vulgare te dignum videri potest.]
