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Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
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.)
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.
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 ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
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.
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.
'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.
'Tis fortune gives us birth,
But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
Too good for great things and too great for good.
