What is wedlock forced but a hell, an age of discord and continual strife? Whereas the contrary bringeth bliss and is a pattern of celestial peace.

Quote by Shakespeare

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Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could...

Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could...

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better

Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

Literature is a comprehensive essence of the intellectual life of a nation.

Literature is a comprehensive essence of the intellectual life of a nation.

Alas, I am a woman friendless, hopeless!

Alas, I am a woman friendless, hopeless!

Misery acquaints a man with strange bed-fellows

Misery acquaints a man with strange bed-fellows

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone.

We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone.

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...

I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.

I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites...

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites...

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

The valiant never taste of death but once.

The valiant never taste of death but once.

Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet...

Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet...

Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who...

Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who...