All lovers swear more performance than they are able, and yet reserve an ability that they never perform; vowing more than the perfection of ten, and discharging less than the tenth part of one.

Quote by Shakespeare

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He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.

He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.

Men's vows are women's traitors!

Men's vows are women's traitors!

But love is blind, and lovers cannot see The pretty follies that themselves commit, For...

But love is blind, and lovers cannot see The pretty follies that themselves commit, For...

When most I wink, then do my eyes best see

When most I wink, then do my eyes best see

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness,...

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness,...

Your lordship, though not clean past your youth, have yet some smack of age in...

Your lordship, though not clean past your youth, have yet some smack of age in...

'Tis all men's office to speak patience To those that wring under the load of...

'Tis all men's office to speak patience To those that wring under the load of...

Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops...

Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops...

Service is no heritage.

Service is no heritage.

There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest, For I did dream of money-bags to-night.

There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest, For I did dream of money-bags to-night.

Poor and content is rich, and rich enough.

Poor and content is rich, and rich enough.

So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time

So our virtues Lie in the interpretation of the time

The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the...

The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the...

His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles; his love sincere, his thoughts immaculate; his...

His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles; his love sincere, his thoughts immaculate; his...

To be a well-flavored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read...

To be a well-flavored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read...

Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better

Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better

Love is merely madness...

Love is merely madness...

Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence

Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essence

Think lovingly, speak lovingly, act lovingly, and every need shall be supplied.

Think lovingly, speak lovingly, act lovingly, and every need shall be supplied.