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Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of read more
I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one read more
It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold,
than of the office which one fills.
[Fr., Il est plus facile de paraitre digne des emplois qu'on n'a
pas que de ceux que l'on exerce.]
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
'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?
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.)