An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.

An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.

He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.

He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.

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.]

They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were
slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins read more

They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were
slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and
goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, and tormented;
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts,
and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

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

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

I care not twopence.

I care not twopence.

All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.

All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.

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.

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.