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.

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.

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

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

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).

Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).

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.

In native worth and honour clad.

In native worth and honour clad.

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.

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.]