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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.
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 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.
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.
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Not worth twopence, (or I don't care twopence).
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
Anything worth doing well is worth doing slowly.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
You will always be fools! We shall never be gentlemen.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to.