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.

I care not twopence.

I care not twopence.

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?

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.]

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.

The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.

The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.

Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow;
The rest is all but leather and prunello.

Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow;
The rest is all but leather and prunello.

This was the penn'worth of his thought.

This was the penn'worth of his thought.