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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.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
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.]
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.
Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
