An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.

An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.

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.

The two Great Unknowns, the two Illustrious Conjecturabilities!
They are the best known unknown persons that have ever drawn read more

The two Great Unknowns, the two Illustrious Conjecturabilities!
They are the best known unknown persons that have ever drawn
breath upon the planet. (the Devil and Shakespeare.)

If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.

If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.

In native worth and honour clad.

In native worth and honour clad.

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.

I would that I were low laid in my grave.
I am not worth this coil that's made for read more

I would that I were low laid in my grave.
I am not worth this coil that's made for me.

This mournful truth is everywhere confess'd,
Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd.

This mournful truth is everywhere confess'd,
Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd.

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.