It is not necessary to dispute that Gascoigne's end was godly; but except for the fact that he was for some years a diligent and not unmeritorious writer, it is not so certain that his life was well employed.
"A History of English Literature Elizabethan Literature"
George Saintsbury
When we are treated well, we naturally begin to think that we are not altogether unmeritorious, and that it is only just we should treat ourselves well, and not mar our own good fortune.
"Silas Marner The Weaver of Raveloe"
George Eliot