The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept.

'Tis brief, my lord...as woman's love.

Alas, our frailty is the cause , not we! For, such as we are made of, such we be.

He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.

As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.

Diseases desperate grown By desperate appliances are relieved, Or not at all.

And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.