This was the penn'worth of his thought.

This was the penn'worth of his thought.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn

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.

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?

Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
Before so noble read more

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.

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.)

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

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

He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.

He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.