The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.

The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.

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 was the penn'worth of his thought.

This was the penn'worth of his thought.

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

Too good for great things and too great for good.

Too good for great things and too great for good.

If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.

If it is worth taking, it is worth asking for.

'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?

An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.

An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.

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.