Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

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.]

'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?

If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.

If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.

Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.

Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.

Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).

Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).

Too good for great things and too great for good.

Too good for great things and too great for good.

I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of read more

I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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.