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Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
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.
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.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
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.
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 well is worth doing slowly.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.