'Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed

Instead of weeping when a tragedy occurs in a songbird's life, it sings away its grief. I believe we could well follow the pattern of our feathered friends.

As I love the name of honour more than I fear death.

I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed!

Lord Bacon told Sir Edward Coke when he was boasting, The less you speak of your greatness, the more shall I think of it.

This is the very ecstasy of love, whose violent property ordoes itself and leads the will to desperate undertakings.

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