Written poetry is worth reading once, and then should be destroyed. Let the dead poets make way for others.

Nothing that costs only a dollar is not worth having.

The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the states in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being.

Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to.

It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.

Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.

She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.

Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.

A good folly is worth what you pay for it.

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.

Not only I lost what I had in the ship, but from the captain and the company generally what was good or worth the taking was carried away; all which was done unknown to the emperor.

If a job's worth doing, it's too hard.

The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life IS worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

So as soon as the land was worth something and there was money in the bank, all of a sudden everybody got interested in non-discrimination, in who's really going to administer this stuff.