Maids want nothing but husbands, and when they have them, they want everything.

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And do as adversaries do in law, strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.

And do as adversaries do in law, strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.

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

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

Death makes no conquest of this conqueror: For now he lives in fame, though not...

Death makes no conquest of this conqueror: For now he lives in fame, though not...

Parting is such a sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow.

Parting is such a sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow.

How now, wit! Whither wander you?

How now, wit! Whither wander you?

This is the way to kill a wife; with kindness.

This is the way to kill a wife; with kindness.

A lady's verily is as potent as a lord's

A lady's verily is as potent as a lord's

I try to forget what happiness was, and when that don't work, I study the...

I try to forget what happiness was, and when that don't work, I study the...

I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep...

I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep...

Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?

Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?

Love is too young to know what conscience is.

Love is too young to know what conscience is.

Framed to make women false.

Framed to make women false.

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

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

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.

A gentleman that loves to hear himself talk, will speak more in a minute than...

A gentleman that loves to hear himself talk, will speak more in a minute than...

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

There are two sides to every question, because, when there are no longer two sides...

There are two sides to every question, because, when there are no longer two sides...

Oh God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their...

Oh God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their...

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in...

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in...

If thine enemy wrong thee, buy each of his children a drum

If thine enemy wrong thee, buy each of his children a drum

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.