'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.

My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je read more

My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je bois dans mon verre.]

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
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Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
Before so noble and so great a figure
Be stamped upon it.

Too good for great things and too great for good.

Too good for great things and too great for good.

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?

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.

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.