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.]

O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
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O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
What can mine own praise to mine own self bring,
And what is't but mine own when I praise thee?

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

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

An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.

An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.

My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je read more

My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je bois dans mon verre.]

I care not twopence.

I care not twopence.

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.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

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.