O! that a man might know The end of this day's business, ere it come; But it sufficeth that the day will end, And then the end is known.

I had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballet-mongers.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

I would we were all of one mind, and one mind good.

Let's go hand in hand, not one before another.

Do you set down your name in the scroll of youth, that are written down old with all the characters of age?

Assure thee, if I do vow a friendship, I'll perform it to the last article." --Othello, Act III, Scene iii