Too good for great things and too great for good.

Too good for great things and too great for good.

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

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

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.

'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.

'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to read more

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.

I care not twopence.

I care not twopence.

An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.

An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.

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.