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.]

The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.

The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.

Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.

Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

This was the penn'worth of his thought.

This was the penn'worth of his thought.

Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).

Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).

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.

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.

I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of read more

I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.