All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

Too good for great things and too great for good.

Too good for great things and too great for good.

I care not twopence.

I care not twopence.

'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?

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

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

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.

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.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

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.