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

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

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.]

An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.

An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.

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.

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

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

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 is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the read more

It is a maxim, that those to whom everybody allows the second
place have an undoubted title to the first.

I would that I were low laid in my grave.
I am not worth this coil that's made for read more

I would that I were low laid in my grave.
I am not worth this coil that's made for me.

'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.