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This was the penn'worth of his thought.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
Before so noble read more
Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
Before so noble and so great a figure
Be stamped upon it.
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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.
If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.
If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
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.