All his successors gone before him have done 't; and all his ancestors that come after him may.
William ShakespeareAll is well ended if this suit be won. That you express content; which we will pay, With strife to please you, day exceeding day.
William ShakespeareTherefore 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.
William Shakespeare