O, let me kiss that hand! KING LEAR: Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality.
William ShakespeareLife every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.
William ShakespeareWhat win I, if I gain the thing I seek? A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy. Who buys a minute's mirth to wail a week? Or sells eternity to get a toy? For one sweet grape who will the vine destroy? Or what fond beggar, but to touch the crown, Would with the sceptre straight be strucken down?
William Shakespeare