Knowing I loved my books, he furnished me, From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom.

Quote by Shakespeare

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Striving to be better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to be better, oft we mar what's well.

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. Being purged a fire sparkling...

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. Being purged a fire sparkling...

So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt

So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt

Hanging and wiving goes by destiny

Hanging and wiving goes by destiny

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.

Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.

Love looks not with eyes, but with the mind.

Love looks not with eyes, but with the mind.

O, let my books be then the eloquence and dumb presages of my speaking breast.

O, let my books be then the eloquence and dumb presages of my speaking breast.

The robb'd that smiles, steals something from the thief

The robb'd that smiles, steals something from the thief

He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat.

He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat.

Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for...

Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for...

We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to...

We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to...

Expectation is the root of all heartache.

Expectation is the root of all heartache.

I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world.

I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world.

Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor

Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor

Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where...

Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where...

God give them wisdom that have it; and those that are fools let them use...

God give them wisdom that have it; and those that are fools let them use...

Heaven give you many, many merry days! - from The Merry Wives of Windsor

Heaven give you many, many merry days! - from The Merry Wives of Windsor

Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he...

Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he...

As in this body, there are for the embodied one childhood, youth, old age, even...

As in this body, there are for the embodied one childhood, youth, old age, even...

Death comes not to the living soul, nor age to the loving heart.

Death comes not to the living soul, nor age to the loving heart.

I consider conversations with people to be mind exercises, but I don't want to pull...

I consider conversations with people to be mind exercises, but I don't want to pull...