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Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
'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?
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
'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.
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.
I care not twopence.
I care not twopence.