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Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
'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.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
'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?
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
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.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.