in that small [time] most greatly lived this star of England: Fortune made his sword, By which the world's best garden he achiev'd And left it to his son imperial lord. Henry the Sixth, in infant bands crown'd King of France and England did this King succeed; Whose state so many of had the managing, That they lost France and made his England bleed.
William ShakespeareThyself shall see the act; For, as thou urgest justice, be assured Thou shalt have justice, more than thou desir'st.
William ShakespeareIf [God] send me no husband, for the which blessing I am at him upon my knees every morning and evening.
William ShakespeareIf thou dost seek to have what thou dost hide, By self-example mayst thou be denied.
William ShakespeareFor it falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lacked and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show us While it was ours.
William Shakespeare