This mournful truth is everywhere confess'd,
Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd.

This mournful truth is everywhere confess'd,
Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd.

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.

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.]

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 human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

'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?

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.

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

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