I care not twopence.

I care not twopence.

'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.

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.

It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the read more

It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the first.

Too good for great things and too great for good.

Too good for great things and too great for good.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

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.

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn

Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.

Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.