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.

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.

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.]

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

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

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

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

An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.

An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.

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.

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

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

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.rn