It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the read more

It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the first.

One suggestion with a spark of truth is worth a hundred repetitions of sound platitudes.

One suggestion with a spark of truth is worth a hundred repetitions of sound platitudes.

I would that I were low laid in my grave.
I am not worth this coil that's made for read more

I would that I were low laid in my grave.
I am not worth this coil that's made for me.

All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.

All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.

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.

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?

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

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

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

Too good for great things and too great for good.

Too good for great things and too great for good.