Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.

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.

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.

One suggestion with a spark of truth is worth a hundred repetitions of sound platitudes.

One suggestion with a spark of truth is worth a hundred repetitions of sound platitudes.

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.

The two Great Unknowns, the two Illustrious Conjecturabilities!
They are the best known unknown persons that have ever drawn read more

The two Great Unknowns, the two Illustrious Conjecturabilities!
They are the best known unknown persons that have ever drawn
breath upon the planet. (the Devil and Shakespeare.)

Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
Before so noble read more

Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
Before so noble and so great a figure
Be stamped upon it.

My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je read more

My glass is not large, but I drink from my glass.
[Fr., Mon verre n'est pas grand, mais je bois dans mon verre.]

I care not twopence.

I care not twopence.