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Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
 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 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. 
 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.] 
I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of read more
I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
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. 
I care not twopence.
I care not twopence.