They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were
slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins read more

They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were
slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and
goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, and tormented;
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts,
and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

Too good for great things and too great for good.

Too good for great things and too great for good.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

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

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

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.]

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.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

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.

A pilot's part in calms cannot be spy'd,
In dangerous times true worth is only tri'd.

A pilot's part in calms cannot be spy'd,
In dangerous times true worth is only tri'd.