I perceive affection makes a fool Of any man too much the father.
Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.
The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.
It is as great a spite to be praised in the wrong place, and by a wrong person, as can be done to a noble nature.
Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.
Calumnies are answered best with silence.