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In native worth and honour clad.
In native worth and honour clad.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.
O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
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O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
What can mine own praise to mine own self bring,
And what is't but mine own when I praise thee?
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.
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.
I would that I were low laid in my grave.
I am not worth this coil that's made for read more
I would that I were low laid in my grave.
I am not worth this coil that's made for me.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn
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.