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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.
Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.
Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
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.]
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
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.
