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.

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.]

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn

Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.

Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.

In native worth and honour clad.

In native worth and honour clad.

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

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

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

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

Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow;
The rest is all but leather and prunello.

Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow;
The rest is all but leather and prunello.

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.