Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers eyes. Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, a choking gall and a preserving…

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This above all; to thine own self be true.

This above all; to thine own self be true.

A very honest woman but something given to lie

A very honest woman but something given to lie

For a quart of Ale is a meal for a King.

For a quart of Ale is a meal for a King.

Women may fall when there's no strength in men.

Women may fall when there's no strength in men.

It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.

It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.

Who wooed in haste and means to wed at leisure

Who wooed in haste and means to wed at leisure

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...

If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels...

If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels...

Let us not burden our remembrances with a heaviness that's gone

Let us not burden our remembrances with a heaviness that's gone

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together; Youth is full of pleasance, age full of...

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together; Youth is full of pleasance, age full of...

All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players.

All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players.

Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.

How soon my sorrow hath destroyed my face

How soon my sorrow hath destroyed my face

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?

She's gone. I am abused, and my relief must be to loathe her

She's gone. I am abused, and my relief must be to loathe her

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

My grief lies all within, And these external manners of lament Are merely shadows to...

My grief lies all within, And these external manners of lament Are merely shadows to...

What's gone and what's past help should be past grief

What's gone and what's past help should be past grief

Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She...

Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She...

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.

Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.