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.]

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

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

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

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

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

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

(Goneril:) I have been worth the whistle.
(Albany:) O Goneril,
You are not worth the dust which read more

(Goneril:) I have been worth the whistle.
(Albany:) O Goneril,
You are not worth the dust which the rude wind
Blows in your face.

Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
[Lat., Nihil vulgare te dignum videri potest.]

Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
[Lat., Nihil vulgare te dignum videri potest.]

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.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.

Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.