Too good for great things and too great for good.

Too good for great things and too great for good.

O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
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O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
What can mine own praise to mine own self bring,
And what is't but mine own when I praise thee?

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.

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.

Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.

Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.

You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.

You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.

'Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all
That men divine and sacred call;
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'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?

My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je read more

My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je bois dans mon verre.]

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.