Some report a sea-maid spawn'd him; some that he was begot between two stock-fishes. But it is certain that when he makes water his urine is congealed ice.

Thou sodden-witted lord! thou hast no more brain than I have in mine elbows.

To go to bed after midnight is to go to bed betimes

The labor we delight in physics [cures] pain.

Plain and not honest is too harsh a style.

This is the short and the long of it.

Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts.