なす価値のあることは立派になす価値がある。 - フィリップ（・ドーマー）・スタンホープ、第四代チェスターフィールド伯爵 (1694 - 1773): 『息子への手紙』
/ する価値のあることは立派にやる価値がある。［やるからには最善を尽くせ。］
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Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. - Philip (Dormer) Stanhope， 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694 - 1773): Letter to His Son
/ If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well.
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