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This was the penn'worth of his thought.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
(Goneril:) I have been worth the whistle.
(Albany:) O Goneril,
You are not worth the dust which read more
(Goneril:) I have been worth the whistle.
(Albany:) O Goneril,
You are not worth the dust which the rude wind
Blows in your face.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
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.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
[Lat., Nihil vulgare te dignum videri potest.]
Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
[Lat., Nihil vulgare te dignum videri potest.]
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.