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'Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all
That men divine and sacred call;
For what is worth, read more
'Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all
That men divine and sacred call;
For what is worth, in anything,
But so much money as 't will bring?
If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.
If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
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.
In native worth and honour clad.
In native worth and honour clad.
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.
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.]
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
