I despised my arrival on this earth and I despise my departure; it is a tragedy.
William ShakespeareFor though the camomile, the more it is trodden on the faster it grows, yet youth, the more it is wasted, the sooner it wears.
William ShakespeareCan you nominate in order now the degrees of the lie? I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fifth; the Countercheck Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with Circumstance; the seventh, the Lie Direct. All these you may avoid but the Lie Direct; and you may avoid that too, with an If. . . . Your If is the only peace-maker; much virtue in If.
William Shakespeare