'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.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

A pilot's part in calms cannot be spy'd,
In dangerous times true worth is only tri'd.

A pilot's part in calms cannot be spy'd,
In dangerous times true worth is only tri'd.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

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

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

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.

An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.

An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.

'Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all
That men divine and sacred call;
For what is worth, read more

'Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all
That men divine and sacred call;
For what is worth, in anything,
But so much money as 't will bring?

This was the penn'worth of his thought.

This was the penn'worth of his thought.