O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
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O, how thy worth with manners may I sing
When thou art all the better part of me?
What can mine own praise to mine own self bring,
And what is't but mine own when I praise thee?

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to read more

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.

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.

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.

An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.

An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.

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

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

This was the penn'worth of his thought.

This was the penn'worth of his thought.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

I care not twopence.

I care not twopence.