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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.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.
In native worth and honour clad.
In native worth and honour clad.
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.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
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.
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.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.