O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note, to drown me in thy sisterโs flood of tears.
William ShakespeareDumb jewels often, in their silent kind, more than quick words, do move a woman's mind.
William ShakespeareThink you a little din can daunt mine ears? Have I not in my time heard lions roar? Have I not heard the sea, puffed up with winds, Rage like an angry boar chafed with sweat? Have I not heard great ordinance in the field, And Heaven's artillery thunder in the skies? Have I not in a pitched battle heard Loud 'larums, neighing steeds, and trumpets' clang? And do you tell me of a woman's tongue, That gives not half so great a blow to hear As will a chestnut in a farmer's fire? Tush! tush! fear boys with bugs. Grumio: For he fears none.
William Shakespeare