To hold, as 't were, the mirror up to nature.

There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is. ~William Shakespeare

Therefore was I created with a stubborn outside, with an aspect of iron, that when I come to woo ladies, I fright them. But, in faith, Kate, the elder I wax, the better I shall appear. My comfort is that old age, that ill layer-up of beauty, can do no more spoil upon my face. Thou hast me, if thou hast me, at the worst, and thou shalt wear me, if thou wear me, better and better.

For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lillies that fester smell far worse than weeds.

Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.

For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.