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 Go thou forth ; 
 
 And fortune play upon thy prosperous helm. 
 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act in. Sc. 3. 
 
 In the great hand of God I stand. 
 
 Macbeth, Act n. Sc. 3. 
 
 Lay aside life-harming heaviness, 
 And entertain a cheerful disposition. 
 Richard II. Act n. Sc. 2. 
 
 A trusty villain, sir, that very oft, 
 When I am dull with care and melancholy, 
 Lightens my humour with his merry jests. 
 Comedy of Errors, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
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 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 The expectancy and rose of this fair state. 
 Hamlet, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 The Lord bless you ! 
 God prosper your affairs ! God send u 
 
 peace 
 
 Second Part of Henry IV. Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 Thanks, fortune, yet, that, after all my crosses 
 Thou givest me somewhat to repair myself. 
 Pericles, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 I have immortal longings in me. 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act v. Sc. 2. 
 He hath known you but three days, and 
 already you are no stranger. 
 
 Twelfth Night, Act i. Sc. 4. 
 
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 The life is dear ; for all that life can rate 
 "Worth name of life in thee hath estimate, 
 Youth, beauty, wisdom, courage, all 
 That happiness and prime can happy call. 
 AWs Well that Ends Well, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 No legacy is so rich as honesty. 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act in. Sc. 5.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 5 
 
 3^nu<xt^ 6 
 
 We, ignorant of ourselves, 
 Beg often our own harms, which the wise 
 
 powers 
 
 Deny us for our good : so find we profit 
 By losing of our prayers. 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act II. Sc. 1. 
 Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice 
 Hath often stilled my brawling discontent. 
 Measure for Measure, Activ. Sc. 1. 
 
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 But I'll endeavour deeds to match these words. 
 Troilus and Cressida, Act iv. Sc. 5. 
 
 I am weary ; yea, my memory is tired. 
 Coriolanus, Act i. Sc. 9. 
 
 I am Sir Oracle, 
 
 And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark. 
 Merchant of Venice, Act i. Sc. 1. 
 
 8 
 
 He will keep that good name still. 
 
 Henry V. Act in. Sc. 7. 
 
 We carry not a heart with us from hence, 
 That grows not in a fair consent with ours, 
 Nor leave not one behind, that doth not wish 
 Success and conquest to attend on us. 
 
 Henry V. Act u. Sc. 2.
 
 6 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 9 
 
 His worth is warrant for his welcome hither. 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act n. Sc. 4. 
 
 An honest tale speeds best being plainly told. 
 Richard III. Act iv. Sc. 4. 
 
 My trust, which had indeed no limit 
 A confidence sans bound. 
 
 Tempest, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
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 Remember this, 
 
 God and our good cause fight upon our side. 
 Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 Smooth runs the water where the brook is 
 
 deep. 
 Second Part of Henry VI. Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 The dearest friend to me, the kindest man, 
 The best conditiou'd and unwearied spirit 
 In doing courtesies. 
 
 Merchant of Venice, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 Teach thy necessity to reason thus : 
 There is no virtue like necessity. 
 
 Richard II. Act i. Sc. 3.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 
 
 12 
 
 Her whose worth makes other worthies noth- 
 
 ing. 
 She is alone. 
 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act u. Sc. 4. 
 
 Let Hercules himself do what he may, 
 The cat will mew, and dog will have his day. 
 Hamlet, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 3<tnuar}> 13 
 
 God shall be my hope, 
 My stay, my guide and lantern to my feet. 
 Second Part of Henry VI. Act n. Sc. 3. 
 
 Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep ; 
 
 If it be thus to dream, still let me sleep ! 
 
 Twelfth Night, Act iv. Sc. 1 . 
 
 Look, what is best, that best I wish in thee, 
 Sonnet xxxvu. 
 
 ' Tis much he dares ; 
 
 And, to that dauntless temper of his mind, 
 He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour 
 To act in safety. 
 
 Macbeth, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 She is a woman, therefore may be woo'd ; 
 She is a woman, therefore may, be won. 
 Titus Andronicus, Act n. Sc. 1.
 
 THROUGH THE TEAK 
 
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 Let us not burden our remembrance with 
 A heaviness that's gone. 
 
 Tempest, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 We thought there was no more behind, 
 But such a day to-morrow as to-day, 
 And to be boy eternal. 
 
 Winter's Tale, Act i. So 2. 
 
 3&nu<xr 16 
 
 If reasons were as plentiful as black- 
 berries, I would give no man a reason upon 
 compulsion, I. 
 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act. n. Sc. 4. 
 
 In faith, he is a worthy gentleman, 
 Exceedingly well read. 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act m. Sc. 1. 
 
 ^anuar^ 17 
 
 Would you praise Cassar, say ' Caesar' : go no 
 further. 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act m. Sc. 2. 
 Comfort's in heaven ; and we are on the earth, 
 Where nothing lives but crosses, cares and 
 - grief. Richard II. Act n. Sc. 2. 
 
 How came we ashore ? 
 By Providence divine. 
 
 Tempest, Act i. Sc. 2.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 
 
 18 
 
 Ever beloved and loving may his rule be ! 
 And when old Time shall lead him to his end, 
 Goodness and he fill up one monument. 
 
 Henry VIII. Act n. Sc. 1. 
 I pray thee sort thy heart to patience. 
 Second Part of Henry VI. Act n. Sc. 4. 
 
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 Oft expectation fails, and most oft there 
 Where most it promises ; and oft it hits 
 Where hope is coldest and despair most fits. 
 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 I have a man's mind, but a woman's might. 
 Julius Ccesar, Act II. Sc. 4. 
 
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 Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes, is 
 to be one man picked out of ten thousand. 
 Hamlet, Act n. Sc. 2. 
 
 But there's more in me than thou under- 
 stand'st. 
 Troilus and Cressida, Act iv. Sc. 5.
 
 10 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 21 
 
 Sure, He that made us with such large dis- 
 
 course, 
 
 Looking before and after, gave us not 
 That capability and God-like reason 
 To fust in us unused. 
 
 Hamlet, Act iv. Sc. 4. 
 
 Let the end try the man. 
 Second Part of Henry IV. Act n. Sc. 2. 
 
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 Let our old acquaintance be renewed. 
 Second Part of Henry IV, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 Be patient, for the world is broad and wide. 
 Romeo and Juliet, Act in. Sc. 3. 
 
 Stay yet another day, thou trusty Welshman. 
 Richard II. Act n. Sc. 4. 
 
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 Courage and comfort ! all shall yet go well. 
 
 King John, Act in. Sc. 4. 
 Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends. 
 First Part of Henry VI. Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 Pleasure and action make the hours seem 
 short. 
 
 Othello, Act 11. Sc. 3.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 11 
 
 3<*nuar 24 
 
 Cheer your heart : 
 Be you not troubled with the time, which 
 
 drives 
 
 O'er your content these strong necessities ; 
 But let determined things to destiny 
 Hold unbewailed their way. 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act in. Sc. 6. 
 Were man but constant he were perfect. 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act v. Sc. 4. 
 
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 For what he has he gives, what thinks he 
 
 shows ; 
 
 Yet gives he not till judgment guide his 
 bounty. 
 Troilus and Cressida, Act iv. Sc. 5. 
 
 Shall we serve Heaven 
 With less respect than we do minister 
 To our gross selves ? 
 
 Measure for Measure, Act n. Sc. 2. 
 
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 The end crowns all, 
 And that old common arbitrator, Time, 
 Will one day end it. 
 
 Troilus and Cressida, Act iv. Sc. 5. 
 
 One of the noblest note, to whose kindr 
 nesses I am most infinitely tied. 
 
 Cymbe'ine, Act i. Sc. 6.
 
 12 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
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 I like your silence, it the more shows off 
 Your wonder. 
 
 Winter's Tale, Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 Be to yourself 
 As you would to your friend. 
 
 Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. 1. 
 Affliction may one day smile again : and 
 till then, sit thee down, Sorrow ! 
 
 Love's Labour's Lost, Act i. Sc. 1. 
 
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 For truth is truth, to the end of the reckoning. 
 Measure for Measure, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 I do beseech you 
 
 Chiefly that I might set it m my prayers 
 What is your name ? 
 
 Tempest, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
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 Firm of word, 
 
 Speaking in deeds and deedless in his tongue ; 
 Not soon provoked, nor being provoked soon 
 
 calm'd, 
 
 His heart and hand both open and both free. 
 Troilus and Cressida > Act iv. Sc. 5. 
 
 What cannot be eschewed must be embraced. 
 Merry Wives of Windsor, Act v. Sc. 5.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 13 
 
 Men at some time are masters of their fates : 
 The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, 
 But in ourselves. 
 
 Julius Caesar, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
 God amend us, God amend ! We are much 
 out o' the way. 
 
 Love's Labour's Lost, Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 
 3anuarg 31 
 
 You do so grow in my requital 
 As nothing can unroot you. 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 If thou art rich, thou art poor ; 
 For like an ass whose back with ingots bows, 
 Thou bear'st thy heavy riches but a journey, 
 And death unloads thee. 
 
 Measure for Measure, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 It is as hard to come as for a camel 
 To thread the postern of a small needle's eye. 
 Richard II. Act v. Sc. 5.
 
 14 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 111 blows the wind that profits nobody. 
 Third Part of Henry VL Act II. Sc. 5. 
 
 'Tis better to be lowly born, 
 And range with humble livers in content, 
 Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief 
 And wear a golden sorrow. 
 
 Henry VIII. Act n. Sc. 3. 
 
 But long I will not be Jack out of office. 
 
 First Part of Henry VL Act I. Sc. 1. 
 
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 'Tis not the many oaths that make the truth, 
 But the plain single vow that's vowed true. 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act iv. Sc. 2. 
 
 I have heard of the lady, and good words 
 went with her name. 
 
 Measure for Measure, Act HI. Sc. 1. 
 
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 The elements be kind to thee, and make 
 Thy spirits all of comfort ! 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act. in. Sc. 2. 
 
 How many things by season season'd are 
 
 To their right praise and true perfection. 
 
 Merchant of Venice, Act v. Sc. 1.
 
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 His years but young, but his experience old ; 
 His head unmellowed, but his judgment ripe. 
 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act n. Sc. 4. 
 God . . . send him many years of sunshine 
 
 days ! Richard II. Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 
 Of all say'd yet, may'st thou prove prosper- 
 
 ous. 
 Of all say'd yet, I wish thee happiness. 
 
 Pericles, Act I. Sc. 1. 
 
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 One touch of nature makes the whole world 
 kin. 
 Troilus and Gressida, Act in. Sc. 3. 
 
 Grace and remembrance be to you both. 
 Winter's Tale, Act iv. Sc. 4. 
 
 It is not enough to speak, but to speak true. 
 Midsummer Night's Dream, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 The heavens give safety to your purposes ! 
 Lead forth and bring you back in happiness ! 
 
 Measure for Measure, Act i. Sc. 1. 
 Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this 
 flower, safety. 
 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act u. Sc. 3. 
 Certainly a woman's thought runs before 
 her actions. 
 
 As You Like It, Act iv. Sc. 1.
 
 16 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
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 Before the times of change, still is it so : 
 By a divine instinct men's minds mistrust 
 Ensuing dangers ; as, by proof, we see 
 The waters swell before a boist'rous storm, 
 But leave it all to God. 
 
 Richard III. Act n. Sc. 3. 
 The April's in her eyes : it is love's spring, 
 And these the showers to bring it on. 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
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 It is the purpose that makes strong the vow ; 
 But vows to every purpose must not hold. 
 Troilus and Cressida, Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 Day serves not light more faithful than I'll 
 be. 
 
 Pericles, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
 Since this fortune falls to you, 
 Be content and seek no new. 
 Merchant of Venice, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 Be as thou wast wont to be : 
 
 See as thou wast wont to see. 
 
 Midsummer Night's Dream, Act iv. Sc. 1.
 
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 WITH SHAKESPEARE 17 
 
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 For now he lives in fame, though not in life. 
 
 Richard III, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 All places that the eye of Heaven visits 
 Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. 
 
 Richard IL Act I. Sc. 3. 
 A greater power than we can contradict 
 Hath thwarted our intents. 
 
 Romeo and Juliet, Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 Be patient till the last. 
 
 Julius Caesar, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 Our life, exempt from public haunt, 
 Finds tongues in trees, books in the running 
 
 brooks, 
 
 Sermons in stones, and good in everything. 
 As You Like It, Act n. Sc. 1 . 
 
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 Women will love her, that she is a woman 
 More worth than any man ; men, that she is 
 The rarest of all women. 
 
 Winter's Tale, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 He that is giddy thinks the world turns round. 
 Taming of the Shrew, Act v. Sc. 2.
 
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 A man that I love and honour with my 
 soul, and my heart, and my duty, and my 
 life, and my living, and my uttermost power: 
 ... I think in my very conscience he is as 
 valiant a man as Mark Antony ; and he is a 
 man of no estimation in the world. 
 
 Henry V. Act in. Sc. 6. 
 
 Exceeding wise, fair-spoken, and persuading. 
 Henry VIII. Act IV. Sc. 2. 
 
 14 
 
 But what care I for words ? Yet words do 1 
 
 well 
 When he that speaks them pleases those that 
 
 hear. As You Like It, Act in. Sc. 5. 
 
 ... I am a man 
 
 That from my first have been inclined to 
 thrift. Timon of Athens, Act i. Sc. 1. 
 
 15 
 
 Unquestion'd welcome and undoubted blest. 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in thee 
 Calls back the lovely April of her prime ; 
 So thou through windows of thine age shalt 
 
 see 
 
 Despite of wrinkles this thy golden time. 
 
 Sonnet in.
 
 Let's carry with us ears and eyes for the time, 
 But hearts for the event. 
 
 Coriolanus, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 They say best men are moulded out of faults. 
 
 Measure for Measure, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 She taketh most delight in music instru- 
 ments, and poetry. 
 
 Taming of the Shrew, Act I. Sc. 1. 
 
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 Neither a borrower nor a lender be ; 
 For loan oft loses both itself and friend, 
 And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. 
 Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
 Yet I do fear thy nature, 
 It is too full o' the milk of human kindness. 
 Macbeth, Act I. Sc. 5. 
 
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 That what we have we prize not to the worth 
 Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd and lost, 
 Why, then we rack the value, then we find 
 The virtue that possession would not show us 
 Whiles it was ours. 
 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 My bosom is full of kindness. 
 
 Twelfth Night, Act n. Sc. 1.
 
 20 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
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 I would applaud thee to the very echo, 
 That should applaud agaia. 
 
 Macbeth, Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 O ye gods, ^ 
 
 Render me worthy of this noble wife ! 
 Julius Ccesar, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
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 Constant you are, 
 But yet a woman, and for secrecy 
 No lady closer, for I well believe 
 Thou wilt not utter what thou dost not know. 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act HI. Sc. 3. 
 
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 .... This honest creature doubtless 
 Sees and knows more, much more than he 
 unfolds. 
 
 Othello, Act HI. Sc. 3. 
 
 Some are born great, some achieve great- 
 ness, and some have greatness thrown upon 
 them. 
 
 Twelfth Night, Act v. Sc. 1 .
 
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 Valiant as a lion, 
 
 And wondrous affable, and as bountiful 
 As mines of India. 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 I this infer, 
 
 That many things, having full reference 
 To one consent, may work contrariously. 
 Henry V. Act I. Sc. 2. 
 
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 She was the sweet marjoram of the salad, 
 or rather, the herb of grace. 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act iv. Sc. 5. 
 
 Our wills and fates do so contrary run 
 That our devices still are overthrown ; 
 Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our 
 own. Hamlet, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
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 O, he's the very soul of bounty. 
 
 Timon of Athens, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
 "What's in a name ? That which we call a 
 
 rose, 
 
 By any other name would smell as sweet. 
 Romeo and Juliet, Act n. Sc. 2. 
 
 Sleeping neglection doth betray to loss. 
 First Part of Henry VI. Act iv. Sc. 3.
 
 22 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
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 The God of heaven 
 Both now and ever bless her ! 
 
 Henry VIIL Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 Strong reasons make strong actions. 
 
 King John, Act in. Sc. 4. 
 
 Thy greatest help is quiet, gentle Nell. 
 Second Part of Henry VI. Act. n. Sc. 4. 
 
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 Ay, me ! for aught that I could ever read, 
 Could ever hear by tale or history, 
 The course of true love never did run smooth. 
 Midsummer Night's Dream, Act i. Sc. 1. 
 To revenge is no valour, but to bear. 
 Timon of Athens, Act in. Sc. 5. 
 
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 And I feel within me 
 A peace above all earthly dignities, 
 A still and quiet conscience .... 
 My hopes in heaven do dwell. 
 
 Henry VIII. Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 I must have patience to endure the load. 
 Richard III. Act in. Sc. 7.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 23 
 
 28 
 
 Who is it that says most? which can say more 
 Than this rich praise, that you alone are you? 
 Sonnet LXXXIV. 
 
 A kind overflow of kindness : there are no 
 faces truer than those that are so washed. 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act i. Sc. 1. 
 
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 He is a very man per se, and stands alone. 
 Troilus and Cressida, Act I. Sc. 2. 
 Truth needs no colour Beauty no pencil. 
 
 Sonnet ci. 
 
 Jaq. By my troth, I was seeking for a 
 fool when I found you. 
 
 OrL He is drowned in the brook, look 
 but in and you shall see him. 
 
 As You Like It, Act in. Sc. 2.
 
 24 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 For there is nothing either good or bad, 
 but thinking makes it so. 
 
 Hamlet, Act n. Sc. 2. 
 Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. 
 
 Measure for Measure, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 Which is the side that I must go withal ? 
 I am with both. 
 
 King John, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 God has given you one face, and you make 
 yourselves another. 
 
 Hamlet, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 Those friends thou hast, and their adoption 
 
 tried, 
 
 Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel. 
 Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
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 Be sure of this, 
 What I can nelp thee to thou shalt not miss. 
 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act i. Sc. 3. 
 Be stirring as the time ; be fire with fire ; 
 
 ......... so shall inferior eyes 
 
 Grow great by your example, and put on 
 The dauntless spirit of resolution. 
 
 King John, Act v. Sc. 1.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 25 
 
 I know no ways to mince it in love, but 
 directly to say I love you. 
 
 Henry V. Act v. Sc. 2. 
 Doubt thou the stars are fire ; 
 
 Doubt that the sun doth move ; 
 Doubt truth to be a liar ; 
 But never doubt I love. 
 
 Hamlet, Act u. Sc. 2. 
 
 I will chide no breather in the world but 
 myself, against whom I know most faults. 
 As You Like It, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 Thus, Indian-like, 
 Religious in mine error, I adore. 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
 But I am constant as the northern star, 
 Of whose true-fix'd and resting quality 
 There is no fellow in the firmament. 
 
 Julius Caesar, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 She's a good creature. 
 Merry Wives of Windsor, Act n. Sc. 2.
 
 26 THROUGH THE YEAE 
 
 Let myself and fortune 
 Tug for the time to come. 
 
 Winter's Tale, Act iv. Sc. 4. 
 
 I do not know that Englishman alive 
 With whom my soul is any jot at odds. 
 Richard III. Act II. Sc. 1. 
 
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 I cannot hide what I am. 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act i. Sc. 3. 
 What, gone without a word ? 
 Ay, so true love should do : it cannot speak ; 
 For truth hath better deeds than words to 
 
 grace it. 
 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona.. Act II. Sc. 2. 
 Thou shouldst not have been old till thou 
 hadst been wise. King Lear, Act i. Sc. 5. 
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 Men shall deal unadvisedly sometimes, 
 Which after hours give leisure to repent. 
 Richard III. Act iv. Sc. 4. 
 
 Our contentment is our best having. 
 Henry VIII. Act n. Sc. 3.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 27 
 
 10 
 
 I swear he is truehearted, and a soul 
 None better in my kingdom. 
 
 Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 They have seemed to be together, though 
 absent ; shook hands, as over a vast. 
 
 Winter's Tale, Act I. Sc. 1 . 
 
 Cannot a plain man live, and think no harm ? 
 Richard III. Act I. Sc. 3. 
 
 Well, I am not fair ; and therefore I pray 
 the gods make me honest. 
 
 As You Like It, Act in. Sc. 3. 
 
 A double blessing is a double grace. 
 Hamlet, Act I. Sc. 3. 
 
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 Your gentleness shall force 
 More than your force move us to gentleness. 
 
 As Ton Like It, Act n. Sc. 7. 
 Truth hath a quiet breast. 
 
 Richard II. Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
 The gentleman is full of virtue, bounty, 
 worth and qualities. 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act in. Sc. 1.
 
 28 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
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 And yet, good faith, I wish'd myself a man, 
 Or that we women had men's privilege 
 Of speaking first. 
 
 Troilus and Cressida, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 Let men take heed of their company. 
 Second Part of Henry IV. Act v. Sc. 1. 
 If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well 
 It were done quickly. 
 
 Macbeth, Act i. Sc. 7. 
 
 14 
 
 O, that a man might know 
 The end of this day's business ere it come ! 
 But it sufficeth that the day will end, 
 And then the end is known. 
 
 Julius Caesar, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 Kindness in women, not their beauteous 
 looks, shall win my love. 
 
 Taming of the Shrew, Act v. Sc. 2. 
 
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 She is an earthly paragon. 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act n. Sc. 4. 
 
 If he serve God, 
 We'll serve Him too, and be his fellow so. 
 
 Richard II. Act in. Sc. 2. 
 Time is the king of men, 
 He's both their parent, and he is their grave, 
 And gives them what he will, not what they 
 crave. Pericles, Act n. Sc. 3.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARK 29 
 
 (jnat*0 16 
 
 You have deserved 
 
 High commendation, true applause, and love. 
 As You Like It, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
 New customs, 
 
 Though they be never so ridiculous, 
 2say, let 'em be unmanly, yet are followed. 
 Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
 OUawf IT 
 
 For I profess not talking ; only this 
 Let each man do his best. 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 That ever this fellow should have fewer 
 words than a parrot, and yet the son of a 
 woman ! 
 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act II. Sc. 4. 
 
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 How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds 
 Make deeds ill done. 
 
 King John, Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 O time ! thou must untangle this, not I ; 
 It is too hard a knot for me to untie ! 
 
 Twelfth Night, Act 11. Sc. 2. 
 Why should a man be proud ? How doth 
 pride grow? I know not what pride is. 
 
 Troihis and Cressida, Act n. Sc. 3.
 
 30 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 19 
 
 There's a special providence in the fall of 
 a sparrow. Hamlet, Act v. Sc. 2. 
 
 He reads much ; 
 
 He is a great observer and he looks 
 Quite through the deeds of men. 
 
 Julius Caesar, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
 Society is no comfort to one not sociable. 
 
 Cymbeline, Act iv. Sc. 2. 
 
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 Nothing do I see in you 
 That I can find should merit any hate. 
 King John, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 But where the greater malady is fixed, 
 The lesser is scarce felt 
 
 King Lear, Act in. Sc. 4. 
 
 Qn<xt*0 21 
 
 Love, give me strength ! and strength shall 
 help afford. 
 
 Romeo and Juliet, Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 Amen, if you love, her, for the lady is very 
 well worthy. 
 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act I. Sc. 1. 
 In the world I fill up a place, which may 
 be better supplied when I have made it 
 empty. As You Like It, Act i. Sc. 2.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 31 
 
 22 
 
 Happy them art not ; 
 For what thou hast not, still thou strivest to 
 
 get, 
 And what thou hast, forget'st. 
 
 Measure for Measure, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 And seek for sorrow with thy spectacles. 
 Second fart of Henry VI. Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 23 
 
 And those about her 
 
 From her shall read the perfect ways of 
 honour. 
 
 Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 5. 
 
 Fortune reigns in gifts of the world, not in 
 the lineaments of nature. 
 
 As You Like It, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
 Why, what's the matter, 
 That you have such a February face, 
 So full of frost, of storm, and cloudiness ? 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act v. Sc. 4. 
 
 What's gone and what's past help 
 Should be past grief. 
 
 Winter's Tale, Act in. Sc. 2.
 
 32 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
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 Sir, I am a true labourer, I earn that I get, 
 get that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no 
 man's happiness. 
 
 As You Like It, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 Sweet flowers are slow, and weeds make haste. 
 Richard III. Act n. Sc. 4. 
 
 26 
 
 What touches us ourself should be last served. 
 Julius Gcesar, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 He is no less than what we say he is. 
 Taming of the Shrew, Act I. Sc. 1. 
 
 27 
 
 The means that Heaven yields must be em- 
 
 braced, 
 
 And not neglected ; else, if Heaven would 
 And we will not, Heaven's offer we refuse, 
 The proffered means of succour and redress. 
 
 Richard II. Act in. Sc. 2. 
 A man of good repute, carriage, bearing 
 and estimation. 
 
 Love's Labour's Lost^ Act i. Sc. 1.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 33 
 
 (TUarc^ 28 
 
 I remember him well, and I remember him 
 worthy of thy praise. 
 
 Merchant of Venice, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
 Love sought is good, but given unsought is 
 better. Twelfth Night, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 Methinks thou art more honest now than wise. 
 Timon of Athens, Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 
 29 
 
 As much good stay with thee as go with me. 
 Richard II. Act I. Sc. 2. 
 
 In faith honest as the skin between his brows. 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act in. Sc. 5. 
 
 30 
 
 What stature is she of ? 
 Just as high as my heart. 
 
 As You Like It, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 He hath an excellent good name. 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 Every why hath a wherefore. 
 
 Comedy of Errors, Act II. Sc. 2.
 
 34 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 31 
 
 I am amazed, methinks, and lose my way 
 Among the thorns and dangers of this world. 
 King John, Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 
 It pleases time and fortune to lie heavy 
 Upon a friend of mine, who, in hot blood, 
 Hath stepp'd into the law, which is past depth 
 To those that, without heed, do plunge into't. 
 Timon of Athens, Act in. Sc. 5.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 35 
 
 Qyvit 1 
 
 Thou art e'en as just a man 
 As e'er my conversation coped withal. 
 Hamlet, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 Many days shall see her, 
 And yet no day without a deed to crown it. 
 
 Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 5. 
 Death lies on her like an untimely frost 
 Upon the sweetest flower of all the field. . . 
 Romeo and Juliet, Act iv. Sc. 5. 
 
 2 
 
 For a light heart lives long. 
 Love's Labour's Lost, Act v. Sc. 2. 
 
 When I said I would die a bachelor, I did 
 not think I should live till I were married. 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act n. Sc. 3. 
 
 3 
 
 We are such stuff 
 
 As dreams are made on ; and our little life 
 Is rounded with a sleep. 
 
 Tempest, Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 
 I could have better spared a better man. 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act v. Sc. 4. 
 
 I am not lean enough to be thought a good 
 student! Twelfth Night, Act iv. Sc. 2.
 
 36 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 While I remain above the ground, you shall 
 Hear from me still, and never of me aught 
 But what is like me formerly. 
 
 Coriolanus, Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 The gentleness of all the gods go with thee. 
 Twelfth Night, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 How far can I praise him ? 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act i. Sc. 1. 
 He was a scholar, and a ripe good one. 
 Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2. 
 
 That we would do, 
 
 We should do when we would ; for this 
 " would " changes. 
 
 Hamlet, Act iv. Sc. 8. 
 
 Not fearing death, nor shrinking for distress, 
 But always resolute in most extremes. 
 First Part of Henry VI. Act IV. Sc. 2. 
 
 But how long fairly shall her sweet life last ? 
 So long as Heaven, and Nature lengthens it. 
 Richard III. Act iv. Sc. 4.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 37 
 
 More is thy due than more than all can pay. 
 Macbeth, Act I. Sc. 4. 
 
 By my troth, Xerissa, my little body is 
 a-weary of this great world. 
 
 Merchant of Venice, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
 Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale. 
 King John, Act in. Sc. 4. 
 
 8 
 
 So grace and mercy at your most need help 
 you. 
 
 Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 5. 
 
 Every time serves for the matter that is 
 then born in it. 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act n. Sc. 2. 
 
 Holy, fair, and wise is she. 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act iv. Sc. 2. 
 I charge thee, fling away ambition : 
 By that sin fell the angels ; how can man, 
 
 then, 
 The image of his Maker, hope to win by it ? 
 
 Henry VIII. Act ill. Sc. 2. 
 Thou art in a parlous state, shepherd ! 
 As You Like It, Act in. Sc. 2.
 
 38 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 f 10 
 
 Our kindred, though they be long ere 
 they are wooed, they are constant being won. 
 Troilus and Cressida, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 I am as honest as any man living that is 
 an old man, and no honester than I. 
 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act in. Sc. 5. 
 
 11 
 
 Most prudent, of an excellent 
 And unmatched wit and judgment. 
 
 Henry VIII. Act II. Sc. 4. 
 
 Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, 
 Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, 
 A great-sized monster of ingratitudes. 
 Troilus and Cressida, Act in. Sc. 3. 
 
 12 
 
 A learned spirit, of human dealings. 
 
 Othello, Act in. Sc. 3. 
 
 If all the year were playing holidays, 
 To sport would be as tedious as to work ; 
 But when they seldom come, they wished for 
 
 come. 
 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act I. Sc. 2.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 39 
 
 if 13 
 
 I do believe you think what now you speak ; 
 But what we do determine oft we break. 
 
 Hamlet, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 Frame your mind to mirth and merriment, 
 Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens 
 life. 
 
 Taming of the Shrew, Act i. Sc. 1. 
 
 A merrier man, 
 
 Within the limit of becoming mirth, 
 I never spent an hour's talk withal. 
 Love's Labour's Lost, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 Experience is by industry achieved, 
 And perfected by the swift course of time. 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act I. Sc. 3. 
 
 15 
 
 This above all, to thine own self be true, 
 
 And it must follow as the night the day, 
 
 Thou canst not then be false to any man. 
 
 Hamlet, Act I. Sc. 3. 
 
 The mind much sufferance doth 6'erskip, 
 When grief hath mates, and bearing fellow- 
 ship. 
 
 King Lear, Act in. Sc. 6.
 
 40 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 16 
 
 Are these things then necessities ? 
 Then let us meet them like necessities. 
 Second Part of Henry IV. Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 I embrace this fortune patiently, 
 
 Since, not to be avoided, it falls on me. 
 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act v. Sc. 5. 
 
 tf IT 
 
 This happy breed of men, this little world, 
 This precious stone set in the silver sea, 
 This land of such dear souls, this dear, dear 
 
 land. Richard II. Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 Where'er I wander, boast of this I can, 
 Though banished, yet a true-born English- 
 
 man. Richard II. Act I. Sc. 3. 
 
 But here's the joy, my friend and I are one. 
 
 Sonnet XLil. 
 18 
 
 God's benison go with you ; and with those 
 That would make good of bad, and friends of 
 foes ! Macbeth, Act n. Sc. 4. 
 
 An angel is like you, Kate, and you are like 
 an angel. Henry V. Act v. Sc. 2. 
 
 Sit by my side, and let the world slip ; we 
 shall ne'er be younger. 
 
 Taming of the Shrew, Act i. Sc. 2.
 
 WITH SHAKESPKARK 41 
 
 f 19 
 
 A soldier firm and sound of heart. 
 
 Henry V. Act in. Sc. 6. 
 Truth shall nurse her, 
 
 Holy and heavenly thoughts still counsel her: 
 She shall be loved and feared : her own shall 
 bless her. Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 5. 
 
 Of many good I think him best. 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act I. Sc. 2. 
 
 (&prif 20 
 
 We are not the first 
 
 Who, with best meaning, have incurred the 
 worst. King Lear, Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 O father abbot, 
 
 An old man, broken with the storms of state, 
 Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; 
 Give him a little earth for charity ! 
 
 Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2. 
 
 if 21 
 
 Welcome hither, as i.s the spring to the earth. 
 Winters Tale, Act V. Sc. 1. 
 
 He was too good to be where ill men were ; 
 and was the best of all amongst the rarest of 
 good ones. Cymbeline, Act v. Sc. 5. 
 
 . . . Take arms against a sea of troubles, 
 And by opposing end them. 
 
 Hamlet, Act in. Sc. 1.
 
 42 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 dlptif 22 
 
 There are more things in heaven and earth 
 Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. 
 
 Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 5. 
 
 He loves his own barn better than he loves 
 our house. 
 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act n. Sc. 3. 
 There's little of the melancholy element in 
 her ! 
 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act II. Sc. 1. 
 23 
 
 The good I stand on is my truth and honesty : 
 
 .... I fear nothing 
 What can be said against me. 
 
 Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 .... What I can redress, 
 
 As I shall find the time to, friend, I will. 
 
 Macbeth, Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 
 Let me be ignorant, and in nothing good, 
 But graciously to know I am no better. 
 Measure for Measure, Act n. Sc. 4. 
 
 .... I know the gentleman 
 To be of worth and worthy estimation, 
 And not without desert so well reputed. 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act II. Sc. 3.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 43 
 
 ($?rtf 25 
 
 Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, 
 To silence envious tongues. 
 
 Henry VIIL Act in. Sc. 2. 
 And she is fair, and, fairer than that word, 
 Of wondrous virtues. 
 
 Merchant of Venice^ Act i. Sc. 1. 
 
 In thy face I see 
 
 The map of honour, truth, and loyalty. 
 Second Part of Henry VL Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 26 
 
 Here is a dear, a true industrious friend. 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act I. Sc. 1. 
 
 And but he's something stained with grief 
 (that's beauty's canker), thou might'st call 
 him a goodly person. 
 
 Tempest, Act I. Sc. 2. 
 
 27 
 
 The world is full of rubs. 
 
 Richard If. Act in. Sc. 4. 
 This world is not for aye. 
 
 Hamlet, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 Since the affairs of men rest still uncertain, 
 Let's reason with the worst that may befall. 
 Julius Ccesar, Act v. Sc. i.
 
 44 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 28 
 
 His life was gentle, and the elements 
 So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up 
 And say to all the world, ' This was a man ! ' 
 Julius Caesar, Act v. Sc. 5. 
 
 She bore a mind that envy could not but 
 call fair. 
 
 Twelfth Night, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 (gprif 29 
 
 Honour, riches, marriage-blessing, 
 Long continuance, and increasing, 
 Hourly joys be still upon you ! 
 Juno sings her blessings on you. 
 
 Tempest, Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 
 God be wi' you, with all my heart. 
 Troilus and Cressida, Act in. Sc. 3. 
 
 ?M 30 
 
 Be that you seem, truly your country's friend, 
 And temperately proceed to what you would. 
 Coriolanus, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 "Why, nothing comes amiss, so money comes 
 withal. 
 
 Taming of the Shrew, Act I. Sc. 2. 
 
 Full of wise saws and modern instances. 
 As You Like It, Act n. Sc. 7.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 45 
 
 1 
 
 All happiness bechance to thee ! 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act I. Sc. 1. 
 
 If we do now make our atonement well 
 Our peace will, like a broken limb united, 
 Grow stronger for the breaking. 
 Second Part of Henry IV. Act IV. Sc. 1. 
 
 "Who steals my purse steals trash ; 
 
 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to 
 
 thousands ; 
 
 But he that filches from me my good name 
 Robs me of that which not enriches him 
 And makes me poor indeed. 
 
 Othello, Act in. Sc. '2. 
 
 3 
 
 He was gentle but unfortunate ; 
 Dishonestly afflicted, but yet honest. 
 
 Cymbeline, Act IV. Sc. 2. 
 
 What cannot be avoided, 
 'Twere childish weakness to lament or fear. 
 Third Part of Henry VI. Act. v. Sc. 4.
 
 46 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 All the courses of my life do show 
 I am not in the roll of common men. 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act Hi. Sc. 1. 
 
 More such days as these to us befall ! 
 Second Part of Henry VI. Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 O call back yesterday, bid time return. 
 Richard II. Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 Is she kind as she is fair ? 
 
 For beauty lives with kindness. 
 Love doth to her eyes repair, 
 
 To help him of his blindness, 
 
 And, being help'd, inhabits there. 
 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona* Activ. Sc. 1. 
 
 I never did repent for doing good. 
 Nor shall not now. 
 
 Merchant of Venice, Act in. Sc. 4. 
 Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care, 
 The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, 
 Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second 
 
 course, 
 Chief nourisher in life's feast. 
 
 Macbeth, Act n. Sc. 1.
 
 AVITII SHAKESPEARE 47 
 
 (Wat T 
 
 Thou seest we are not all alone unhappy : 
 This wide and universal theatre 
 Presents more woeful pageants than the scene 
 Wherein we play jn. 
 
 As You Like It, Act II. Sc. 7. 
 
 It never yet did hurt 
 
 To lay down likelihoods and forms of hope. 
 Second Part of Henry IV. Act I. Sc. 3. 
 
 (Way 8 
 
 How poor are they that have no patience ! 
 What wound did ever heal but by degrees ? 
 Othello, Act ii. Sc. 3. 
 
 To be in anger is impiety ; 
 
 But who is man that is not angry ? 
 
 Tirnon of Athens, Act in. Sc. 5. 
 
 . . . All of us have cause 
 To wail the dimming of our shining star : 
 But none can cure their harms by wailing 
 them. Richard III. Act n. Sc. 2. 
 
 I cannot flatter ; I do defy 
 The tongues of soothers ; but a braver place 
 In my heart's love hath no man than your- 
 
 self. 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act IV. Sc. 1.
 
 48 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 10 
 
 Altogether directed by an Irishman ; a very- 
 valiant gentleman, i' faith. 
 
 Henry V. Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 "Tis not enough to help the feeble up, 
 But to support him after. Fare you well. 
 All happiness to your honour ! 
 
 Timon of Athens, Act i. Sc. 1. 
 
 11 
 
 Fair thoughts and happy hours attend on you! 
 
 Merchant of Venice, Act in. Sc. 4. 
 I very well agree with you in the hopes of 
 him : it is a gallant child ; one that indeed 
 physics the subject, makes old hearts fresh. 
 Winter's Tale, Act i. Sc. 1. 
 
 ... A true knight, 
 Not yet mature, but matchless. 
 Troilus and Cress ida, Act IV. Sc. 5. 
 
 12 
 
 Nature, what things there are, 
 Most abject in regard and dear in use ! 
 What things again most dear in the esteem 
 
 O O 
 
 And poor in worth ! 
 
 Troilus and Cress ida, Act in. Sc. 3. 
 
 And now am I, if a man should speak 
 truly, little better than one of the wicked. 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act i. Sc. 2.
 
 Wain pomp anb 
 
 of tbts world, 
 
 1 bate ge ! 
 
 KINO HENRV VIII.
 
 WITH SHAKKSPEAKE 49 
 
 13 
 
 From lowest place when virtuous things pro- 
 
 ceed, 
 
 The place is dignified by the doer's deed. 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act n. Sc. 3. 
 
 He that wants money, means, and content, 
 is without three good friends. 
 
 As You Like ft, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 He hath a heart as sound as a bell, and his 
 tongue is the clapper ; for what his heart 
 thinks his tongue speaks. 
 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 Sir, as I have a soul, she is an angel. 
 Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 
 (nta^ 15 
 
 My gentle lady, 
 
 I wish you all the joy that you can wish. 
 Merchant of Venice, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 O, while you live, tell truth and shame the 
 
 devil. 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 Here's metal more attractive. 
 
 Hamlet, Act in. Sc. 2.
 
 50 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 16 
 
 The air of Paradise did fan the house, 
 And angels officed all. 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 Ample interchange of sweet discourse 
 Which so long sundered friends should dwell 
 upon. Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 17 
 
 Charmian. Good sir, give me good fortune. 
 Soothsayer. I make not, but foresee. 
 Char. Pray, then, foresee me one. 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act I. Sc. 2. 
 
 Hast any philosophy in thee, shepherd ? 
 
 As You Like It, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 Words are easy, like the wind ; 
 Faithful friends are hard to find. 
 
 Sundry Sonnets, xxi. 
 
 Small cheer and great welcome make a merry 
 feast. 
 
 Comedy of Errors, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 When you looked sadly it was for want of 
 
 money. 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act n. Sc. 1 .
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 51 
 
 19 
 
 The clock upbraids me with the waste of time. 
 Twelfth Night, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 The time of life is short ! 
 To spend that shortness basely were too long, 
 If life did ride upon a dial's point, 
 Still ending at the arrival of an hour. 
 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act v. Sc. 2. 
 
 (Wa^ 20 
 
 'Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. 
 Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our 
 wills are gardeners ; so that if we will plant 
 nettles, or sow lettuce, set hyssop and weed 
 up thyme, . . . have it sterile with idleness, 
 or manured with industry, why, the power 
 and corrigible authority of this lies in our 
 wills. Othello, Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
 21 
 
 When remedies are past, the griefs are ended 
 By seeing the worst, which late on hopes 
 depended. 
 
 Othello, Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
 Alack, when once our grace we have forgot, 
 Nothing goes right ; we would, and we would 
 not. 
 Measure for Measure, Act IV. Sc. 4.
 
 52 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 22 
 
 I am the very pink of courtesy. 
 
 Romeo and Juliet, Act n. Sc. 4. 
 
 The earth hath bubbles, as the water has, 
 And these are of them. 
 
 Macbeth, Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
 Stop up the access and passage to remorse. 
 Macbeth, Act I. Sc. 5. 
 
 . . . My way of life 
 Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. 
 Macbeth, Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 Fate, show thy force : ourselves we do not 
 
 owe ; 
 
 What is decreed must be, and be this so. 
 Twelfth Night, Act i. Sc. 5. 
 
 2* 
 
 I am sure care's an enemy to life. 
 
 Twelfth Night, Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
 Be merry ; you have cause, 
 So have we all, of joy ; for our escape 
 Is much beyond our loss ..... 
 
 Then wisely weigh 
 Our sorrow with our comfort. 
 
 Tempest, Act u. Sc. 1.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 53 
 
 25 
 
 I am a man 
 
 More sinn'd against than sinning. 
 
 King Lear, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 But nature never framed a woman's heart 
 Of prouder stuff than that of Beatrice. 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 26 
 
 I'll note you in my book of memory. 
 First Part of Henry VI. Act n. Sc. 4. 
 
 The spirit of the time shall teach me speed. 
 King John, Act iv. Sc. 2. 
 
 I am not merry ; but I do beguile 
 The thing I am, by seeming otherwise. 
 * Othello, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 27 
 
 God in heaven bless thee ! 
 Romeo and Juliet, Act n. Sc. 4. 
 
 How far that little candle throws his beams ! 
 So shines a good deed in a naughty world. 
 Merchant of Venice, Act v. Sc. 1 . 
 
 Care is no cure, but rather corrosive 
 For things that are not to be remedied. 
 First Part of Henry VI. Act in. Sc. 3.
 
 54 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 QJU 28 
 
 I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts : 
 
 I am no orator, as Brutus is ; 
 
 But, as you know me all, a plain blunt 
 
 man, . . . 
 
 For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, 
 Action, nor utterance, nor the power of 
 
 speech, 
 
 To stir men's blood : I only speak right on. 
 Julius Ccesar, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 29 
 
 When love begins to sicken and decay, 
 It useth an enforced ceremony. 
 There are no tricks in plain and simple faith. 
 Julius CfBsar, Act iv. Sc. 2. 
 
 Why should I then be false, since it is true 
 That I must die here and live hence by 
 truth ? King John, Act v. Sc. 4. 
 
 (YUa^ 30 
 
 She that was ever fair and never proud, 
 Had tongue at will, and yet was never loud, 
 Never lack'd gold, and yet went never gay, 
 
 She that being anger'd, her revenge being nigh, 
 Bade her wrong stay, and her displeasure 
 
 fly. * Othello, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 A good man's fortune may grow out at heels. 
 King Lear, Act n. Sc. 2.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 55 
 
 (W^ 31 
 
 Do as the heavens have done, forget your 
 
 evil ; 
 With them forgive yourself. 
 
 Winter's Tale, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 Whereto serves mercy 
 But to confront the visage of offence ? 
 And what's in prayer but this two-fold force, 
 To be forestalled ere we come to fall, 
 Or pardon'd being down ? Then I'll look 
 
 up: 
 My fault is past. But, O, what form of 
 
 prayer 
 Can serve my turn ? 
 
 Hamlet, Act in. Sc. 3.
 
 56 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 Ah, countrymen ! if when you make your 
 
 prayers 
 
 God should be so obdurate as yourselves, 
 How would it fare with your departed souls ? 
 Second Part of Henry VI. Act iv. Sc. 7. 
 
 She looks as clear 
 
 As morning roses newly washed with dew. 
 Taming of the Shrew, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 But Heaven hath a hand in these events, 
 To whose high will we bound our calm con- 
 tents. Richard II. Act v. Sc. 2. 
 
 What Heaven more will, 
 That thee may furnish and my prayers pluck 
 
 down, 
 Fall on thy head ! 
 
 Alf s Well that Ends Well, Act i. Sc. 1. 
 
 3une 3 
 
 But He, that hath the steerage of my course, 
 Direct my sail ! 
 
 Romeo and Juliet, Act I. Sc. 4. 
 
 Let all the number of the stars give light 
 To thy fair way ! 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra^ Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 High sparks of honour in thee have I seen. 
 Richard II. Act v. Sc. 5.
 
 WITH SHAKKSPEARE 57 
 
 You have too much respect upon the world, 
 They lose it that do buy it with much care. 
 Merchant of Venice, Act I. Sc. 1. 
 
 Such duty as the subject owes the prince, 
 Even such a woman oweth to her husband. 
 Taming of the Shrew, Act v. Sc. 2. 
 
 We will not stand to prate ; 
 Talkers are no good doers ; be assured 
 We come to use our hands and not our 
 tongues. Richard III. Act I. Sc. 3. 
 
 But, in the verity of extolment, 
 I take him to be a soul of great article. 
 Hamlet, Act v. Sc. 2. 
 
 God bless thee ; and put meekness in thy 
 
 mind, 
 Love, charity, obedience, and true duty ! 
 
 Richard III. Act n. Sc. 2. 
 
 I hold it cowardice- 
 
 To rest mistrustful where a noble heart 
 Hath pawn'd an open hand in sign of love. 
 Third Part of Henry VI. Act iv. Sc. 2.
 
 58 THROUGH THE TEAR 
 
 3une 7 
 
 Your fair discourse hath been as sugar, 
 Making the hard way sweet and delectable. 
 
 Richard II. Act n. Sc. 3. 
 
 I am as poor as Job, but not so patient. 
 
 Second Part of Henry IV, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
 Fast bind, fast find ; 
 
 A proverb never stale in thrifty rnind. 
 
 Merchant of Venice, Act II. Sc. 5. 
 
 3une 8 
 
 You were born under a charitable star. 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act I. Sc. 3. 
 O, mickle is the powerful grace that lies 
 In herbs, plants, stones, and their true quali- 
 ties. Romeo and Juliet, Act n. Sc. 3. 
 And you all know security 
 Is mortal's chiefest enemy. 
 
 Macbeth, Act in. Sc. 5. 
 
 He that of greatest works is finisher 
 Oft does them by the weakest minister. 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 Win straying souls .... 
 Cast none away. 
 
 Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 3.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 59 
 
 10 
 
 Duty never yet did want his meed. 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act n. Sc. 4. 
 
 O, two such silver currents, when they join, 
 Do glorify the banks that bound them in. 
 King John, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 Nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make de- 
 fence. Sonnet xn. 
 
 Who is't can say ' I am at the worst ? ' 
 King Lear, Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 
 Each day still better other's happiness ; 
 Until the heavens, envying earth's good hap, 
 Add an immortal title to your crown ! 
 
 Richard II. Act I. Sc. 1. 
 
 12 
 
 He hath songs for man or woman of all sizes. 
 
 Winter's Tale, Act iv. Sc. 4. 
 Friendship is constant in all other things 
 Save in the office and affairs of love : 
 Therefore all hearts in love use their own 
 
 tongues ; 
 
 Let every eye negotiate for itself, 
 And trust no agent. 
 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act n. Sc. 1.
 
 60 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 13 
 
 Whose star-like nobleness gave life and influ- 
 
 ence 
 To their whole being! 
 
 Timon of Athens, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 In maiden meditation fancy free. 
 
 Midsummer Night's Dream, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 Show boldness and aspiring confidence. 
 
 King John, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 Ignorance is the curse of God, 
 Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to 
 
 heaven. 
 Second Part of Henry VI. Act. iv. Sc. 7. 
 
 But I thought there was more in him than 
 I could think. 
 
 Coriolanus, Act iv. Sc. 5. 
 
 15 
 
 When fortune means to men most good, 
 She looks upon them with a threatening eye. 
 King John, Act in. Sc. 4. 
 
 Bright star of Venus fall'n down on the earth, 
 How may I reverently worship thee enough ? 
 First Part of Henry VL Act i. Sc. 2.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 61 
 
 3une 16 
 
 God be praised, that to believing souls 
 Gives light in darkness, comfort in despair ! 
 Second Part of Henry VI. Act II. Sc. 1. 
 
 Thou hast a perfect thought : 
 I will upon all hazards well believe 
 Thou art my friend, that know'st my tongue 
 so well. King John, Act v. Sc. 6. 
 
 Think of me as you please. 
 
 Twelfth Night, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 Therefore was I created with a stubborn 
 outside, with an aspect of iron. 
 
 Henry V. Act v. Sc. 2. 
 
 The strawberry grows underneath the nettle. 
 Henry V. Act I. Sc. 1. 
 
 18 
 
 He hath a tear for pity, and a hand 
 Open as day for melting charity. 
 Second Part of Henry IV. Act iv. Sc. 4. 
 
 Take my blessing : God protect thee ! 
 Into whose hand I give thy life. . . . 
 
 When I am in heaven I shall desire 
 To see what this child does, and praise my 
 Maker. Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 5.
 
 62 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 19 
 
 True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's 
 
 wings ; 
 Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures 
 
 kings. Richard III. Act v. Sc. 2. 
 
 Mine eyes 
 
 Were not in fault, for she was beautiful. 
 Cymbeline, Act v. Sc. 5. 
 
 ^une 20 
 
 Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just. 
 
 Second Part of Henry VL Act in. Sc. 2. 
 The man that hath no music in himself, 
 Nor is not moved with concord of sweet 
 
 sounds, 
 
 Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils, . . 
 Let no such man be trusted. 
 
 Merchant of Venice, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 21 
 
 Take him and use him well, he's worthy of it. 
 Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 In the reproof of chance 
 Lies the true proof of men. . . . Even so 
 Doth valour's show and valour's worth divide 
 In storms of fortune. 
 
 Troilus and Cressida, Act i. Sc. 3.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 63 
 
 22 
 
 Truth hath a quiet breast . . . 
 For gnarliug sorrow hath less power to bite 
 The man that mocks at it and sets it light. 
 Richard II. Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
 Your face, my thane, is as a book, where men 
 May read strange matters. 
 
 Macbeth, Act I. Sc. 5. 
 
 3une 23 
 
 ... I do not think 
 
 So fair an outward and such stuff within 
 Endows a man but he. 
 
 Cymbeline, Act I. Sc. 1. 
 The better part of valour is discretion. 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act v. Sc. 4. 
 When the sea was calm all boats alike 
 Show'd mastership in floating. 
 
 Coriolanus, Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 24 
 
 The strong necessity of time commands 
 Our services awhile ; but my full heart 
 Remains in use with you. 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act. i. Sc. 3. 
 
 Is it possible he should know what he is 
 and be that he is ? 
 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act iv. Sc. 1.
 
 64 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 3une 25 
 
 It is not so with Him that all things knows, 
 As 'tis with us that square our guess by 
 
 shows ; 
 
 But most it is presumption in us when 
 The help of Heaven we count the act of men. 
 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 Nature hath formed strange fellows in her 
 time. Merchant of Venice, Act I. Sc. 1. 
 
 26 
 
 To be merry best becomes you ; for, out of 
 question, you were born in a merry hour. 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 To business that we love we rise betimes, 
 and go to 't with delight. 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act iv. So, 4. 
 
 Haply I think on thee, and then my state, 
 Like to the lark at break of day arising 
 From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's 
 gate. 
 
 Sonnet xxix. 
 
 I do profess to be no less than I seem ; to 
 serve him truly that will put me in trust. 
 
 King Lear, Act i. Sc. 4.
 
 3bou art tbe armourer 
 of 
 
 beart. 
 
 ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 65 
 
 28 
 
 A kind heart he hath. 
 
 Merry Wives of Windsor, Act ill. Sc. 4. 
 
 Wherever the bright sun of heaven shall 
 
 shine, 
 
 His honour, and the greatness of his name, 
 shall be. Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 5. 
 
 Is she not passing fair ? 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act iv. Sc. 4. 
 
 3une 29 
 
 But thou art fair, and at thy birth, dear boy, 
 Nature and Fortune joined to make thee 
 great. 
 
 King John, Act ill. Sc. 1. 
 
 I will be the pattern of all patience : I will 
 say nothing. 
 
 King Lear, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 3une 30 
 
 Bid her have good heart. 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 Then let us teach our trial patience, 
 Because it is a customary cross. 
 Midsummer Night's Dream, Act I. Sc. 1. 
 
 Past and to come seems best ; things present 
 
 worst. 
 Second Part of Henry 1 V, Act I. Sc. 3.
 
 66 THROUGH THE TEAR 
 
 Whate'er it be, be thou still like thyself, 
 And sit thee by our side : yield not thy neck 
 To fortune's yoke, but let thy dauntless mind 
 Still ride in triumph over all mischance. 
 
 Third Part of Henry VI. Act m. Sc.'S. 
 What stronger breastplate than a heart un- 
 
 tainted ? 
 Second Part of Henry VI. Act m. Sc. 2. 
 
 At all times alike 
 Men are not still the same : 'twas time and 
 
 griefs 
 That framed him thus : time, with his fairer 
 
 hand, 
 
 Offering the fortunes of his former days, 
 The former man may make him. 
 
 Timon of Athens, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 3 
 
 And having sworn truth, ever will be true. 
 
 Twelfth Night, Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 .... Take a fellow of plain and uncoined 
 constancy, for he perforce must do thee right. 
 
 Henry V. Act v. Sc. 2. 
 We will not from the helm to sit arid weep, 
 But keep our course, though the rough wind 
 say no. 
 Third Part of Henry VI. Act v. Sc. 4.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 67 
 
 Hereafter in a better world than this, 
 I shall desire more love and knowledge of 
 you. As You Like It, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 Of very reverend reputation, 
 Of credit infinite^ highly beloved. 
 
 Comedy of JZrrors, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 Sir, I praise the Lord for you and so may 
 my parishioners. 
 
 Love's Labour's Lost, Act iv. Sc. 2. 
 
 Thyself and thy belongings 
 Are not thine own so proper as to waste 
 Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. 
 Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, 
 Not light them for themselves ; for if our vir- 
 
 tues 
 
 Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike 
 As if we had them not. 
 
 Measure for Measure, Act i. Sc. 1. 
 
 We must take the current when it serves, 
 Or lose our ventures. 
 
 Julius Ccesar, Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 
 Thou dost conspire against thy friend 
 
 If thou but think'st him wrong'd, and makest 
 
 his ear 
 A stranger to thy thoughts. 
 
 Othello, Act in. Sc. 3.
 
 68 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 The blessed gods 
 
 Purge all infection from our air whilst you 
 Do climate here ! 
 
 Winter's Tale, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 He makes a July's day short as December. 
 Winter's Tale, Act I. Sc. 2. 
 
 I have bought 
 
 Golden opinions from all sorts of people, . . 
 I dare do all that may become a man ; 
 Who dares do more is none. 
 
 Macbeth, Act i. Sc. 7. 
 The sullen passage of thy weary steps 
 Esteem as foil wherein thou art to set 
 The precious jewel of thy home return. 
 Richard II. Act I. Sc. 3. 
 
 9 
 
 But signs of nobleness, like stars, shall shine 
 On all deservers. 
 
 Macbeth, Act i. Sc. 4. 
 
 I do love nothing in the world so well as 
 you : is not that strange ? 
 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 
 But men are men ; the best sometimes forget. 
 Othello, Act n. Sc. 3.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 69 
 
 3uf r 10 
 
 I am ashamed that women are so simple 
 
 To offer war where they should kneel for 
 
 peace ; 
 
 Or seek for rule, supremacy, and sway, 
 When they are bound to serve, love, and obey. 
 
 Taming of the Shrew, Act v. Sc. 2. 
 Do you not think he thinks himself a better 
 man than I am ? 
 
 Troilus and Cressida, Act n. Sc. 3. 
 
 The report of her is extended more than 
 can be thought to begin from such a cottage. 
 
 Winter's Tale, Act iv. Sc. 2. 
 He that is thy friend indeed, 
 He will help thee in thy need. 
 
 Sundry Sonnets, XXI. 
 Meet it is I set it down, 
 That one may smile, and smile, and be a vil- 
 lain. Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 5. 
 
 The best wishes that can be forged in your 
 thoughts be servants to you. 
 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act i. Sc. 1. 
 
 And there at Venice gave 
 His body to that pleasant country's earth, 
 And his pure soul unto his Captain Christ, 
 Under whose colours he had fought so long. 
 Richard II. Act iv. Sc. 1.
 
 70 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 One fire burns out another's burning, 
 One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish. 
 Romeo and Juliet, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
 For to be wise and love 
 
 Exceeds man's might : that dwells with gods 
 above. 
 Troilus and Cressida, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 14, 
 
 Joy, gentle friends ! joy and fresh days of 
 
 love 
 
 Accompany your hearts ! 
 Midsummer Night's Dream, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 Though it appear a little out of fashion, 
 There is much care and valour in this Welsh- 
 man. Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 
 3"^ 15 
 
 ' God save the Queen ! ' 
 
 Richard III. Act iv. Sc. 4. 
 
 The grace of Heaven 
 Before, behind thee, and on every hand, 
 Enwheel thee round ! 
 
 Othello, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 His better does not breathe upon the earth. 
 Richard III. Act i. Sc. 2.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 71 
 
 16 
 
 Tis a lucky day, boy, and we'll do good 
 deeds on't. 
 
 Winter's Tale, Act in. Sc. 3. 
 
 Pray that the right may thrive. 
 
 King Lear, Act v. Sc. 2. 
 
 Trouble being gone, comfort should remain. 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act I. Sc. 1. 
 
 They say you are a melancholy fellow. 
 As You Like It, Act iv. Sc. i. 
 Love can transpose to form and dignity : 
 Love looks not with the eyes, but with the 
 
 mind ; 
 
 And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind. 
 Midsummer Night's Dream, Act I. Sc. 1 . 
 
 Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful. 
 Midsummer Night's Dream, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 Good fortune guide thee ! 
 
 Richard III, Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 
 Of your philosophy you make no use, 
 If you give place to accidental evils. 
 
 Julius Caesar, Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 
 .... Welcome ever smiles, 
 And farewell goes out sighing. 
 
 Troilus and Cressida, Act in. Sc. 3.
 
 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 19 
 
 What I can do, can do no hurt to try. 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 We shall try fortune in a second fight. 
 Julius CcBsar, Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 
 I was not born under a rhyming planet, 
 nor I cannot woo in festival terms. 
 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act v. Sc. 2. 
 
 3uf r 20 
 
 The hand that made you fair hath made 
 you good. 
 
 Measure for Measure, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 Before the curing of a strong disease, 
 Even in the instant of repair and health, 
 The fit is strongest ; evils that take leave, 
 On their departure most of all show evil. 
 King John, Act in. Sc. 4. 
 
 You are very welcome to our house. 
 
 Merchant of Venice, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 Like as the waves make towards the pebbled 
 
 shore, 
 
 So do our minutes hasten to their end ; 
 Each changing place with that which goes 
 
 before, 
 In sequent toil all forwards do contend. 
 
 Sonnet LX.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 73 
 
 22 
 
 Led on by Heaven, and crown'd with joy at 
 
 last. Pericles, Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 He's truly valiant that can wisely suffer. 
 Timon of Athens, Act in. Sc. 5. 
 Upon this day she was both pander, butler, 
 
 cook, 
 
 Both dame and servant ; welcomed all, served 
 all. Winter's Tale, Act iv. Sc. 4. 
 
 But Heaven in thy creation did decree 
 That in thy face sweet love should ever dwell. 
 
 Sonnet xciu. 
 
 But, O, how bitter a thing it is to look into 
 happiness through another man's eyes ! 
 
 As You Like It, Act v. Sc. 2. 
 I must be patient till the heavens look 
 With an aspect more favourable. 
 
 Winter's Tale, Act II. Sc. 1. 
 
 Mine honour is my life ; both grown in one ; 
 Take honour from me, and my life is done. 
 Richard II. Act I. Sc. 1. 
 
 And creep time ne'er so slow, 
 Yet it shall come for me to do thee good. 
 King John, Act in. Sc. 3. 
 
 God hath blessed you with a good name. 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act in. Sc. 3.
 
 74 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 3tfH 25 
 
 But I had not so much of man in me, 
 And all my mother came into my eyes 
 And gave me up to tears. 
 
 Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 6. 
 The purest treasure mortal times afford 
 Is spotless reputation. 
 
 Richard IL Act I. Sc. 1. 
 Sacred and sweet was all I saw in her. 
 Taming of the Shrew, Act i. Sc. 1. 
 
 26 
 
 Be cheerful ; wipe thine eyes : 
 Some falls are means the happier to arise. 
 Cymbeline, Act iv. Sc. 2. 
 
 The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet. 
 AlTs Well that Ends Well, Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 Say what thou canst, I'll go along with thee. 
 As You Like It, Act n. Sc. 3. 
 
 Let's further think of this ; 
 W^eigh what convenience both of time and 
 
 means 
 May fit us to our shape. 
 
 Hamlet, Act iv. Sc. 7. 
 
 Striving to better, oft we mar what's well. 
 King Lear, Act i. Sc. 4.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 75 
 
 I am a man whom fortune hath cruelly 
 scratched. 
 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 So, on your patience evermore attending, 
 New joy wait on you. 
 
 Pericles, Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 I would not wish 
 Any companion in the world but you. 
 
 Tempest, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 He robs himself that spends a bootless grief. 
 Othello, Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
 To mourn a mischief that is past and gone 
 
 Is the next way to draw new mischief on. 
 
 Othello, Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
 She is young, and of a noble, modest nature. 
 Henry VIII. Act IV. Sc. 2. 
 
 30 
 
 There be many Caesars 
 Ere such another Julius. 
 
 Cymbeline, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 Things done well, 
 
 And with a care, exempt themselves from 
 fear. 
 
 Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. 2.
 
 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 76 
 
 Gentle thou art, and therefore to be won. 
 
 Sonnet XLII. 
 
 This oracle of comfort has so pleased me. 
 Henry VJII. Act v. Sc. 5. 
 Old fashions please me best ; I am not so 
 
 nice, 
 To change true rules for old inventions. 
 
 Taming of the Shrew, Act in. Sc. 1.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 77 
 
 But 'tis strange : 
 
 And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, 
 The instruments of darkness tell us truths, 
 Win us with honest trifles, to betray's 
 In deepest consequence. 
 
 Macbeth, Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
 Look, he's winding up the watch of his wit ; 
 by and by it will strike. 
 
 Tempest, Act n. Sc. 3. 
 2 
 
 This day 
 
 Shall change all griefs and quarrels into love. 
 Henry V. Act v. Sc. "2. 
 
 I have been troubled in my sleep this night, 
 But dawning day new comfort hath inspired. 
 Titus Andronicus, Act n. Sc. 2. 
 
 3 
 
 Art thou afeard 
 
 To be the same in thine own act and valour 
 As thou art in desire ? . . . . 
 Letting 'I dare not' wait upon ' I would,' 
 Like the poor cat i' the adage ? 
 
 Macbeth, Act i. Sc. 7. 
 
 Be great in act, as you have been in thought. 
 King John, Act v. Sc. 1.
 
 78 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 Trees shall be my books, 
 And in their barks my thoughts I'll character. 
 As You Like It, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 What poor an instrument 
 May do a noble deed ! 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act v. Sc. 2. 
 
 The will of Heaven be done 
 In this and all things ! 
 
 Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. 1. 
 
 There is a world elsewhere. 
 
 Coriolanus, Act in. Sc. 3. 
 
 Bliss and goodness on you. 
 Measure for Measure, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple. 
 If the ill spirit have so fair a house, 
 Good things will strive to dwell with 't. 
 
 Tempest, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 He is the half part of a blessed man, 
 Left to be finished by such as she ; 
 And she a fair divided excellence, 
 Whose fulness of perfection lies in him. 
 King John, Act n. Sc. 1.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 79 
 
 Be not too tame neither ; but let your own 
 discretion be your tutor : suit the action to 
 the word, the word to the action. 
 
 Hamlet, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 Though I am not naturally honest, I am 
 so sometimes by chance. 
 
 Winter's Tale, Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 
 (August 8 
 
 I wear not motley in my brain. 
 
 Twelfth Night, Act v. Sc. 5. 
 For truth can never be confirmed enough, 
 Though doubts did ever sleep. 
 
 Pericles, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 Be collected, no more amazement : 
 Tell your piteous heart, there's no harm done. 
 Tempest, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
 A heart unspotted is not easily daunted. 
 Second Part of Henry VI. Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 How still the evening is ! 
 As hush'd on purpose to grace harmony ! 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act n. Sc. 3. 
 God give you quiet rest to-night ! 
 
 Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.
 
 80 THROUGH THE TEAR 
 
 10 
 
 Few words to fair faith. 
 Troilus and Cressida, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 The setting sun, and music at the close, 
 As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last, 
 Writ in remembrance more than things long 
 
 past. Richard II. Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 Ye speak like honest men : pray God ye 
 prove so. Henry VII L Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 Down on your knees, 
 And thank Heaven, fasting, for a good man's 
 
 love. As You Like It, Act in. Sc. 5. 
 Heaven give you many many merry days. 
 Merry Wives of Windsor, Act v. Sc. 5. 
 An honest man, sir, is able to speak for 
 himself, when a knave is not. 
 
 Second Part of Henry IV. Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 12 
 
 'Tis death to me to be at enmity ; 
 I hate it, and desire all good men's love. 
 Richard III. Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 With thoughts so qualified as your chari- 
 ties shall best instruct you, measure me. 
 
 Winter's Tale, Act n. Sc. 1.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 81 
 
 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day ? 
 Thou art more lovely and more temperate. 
 
 Sonnet xvm. 
 
 For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich ; 
 And as the sun breaks through the darkest 
 
 clouds, 
 So honour peereth in the meanest habit. 
 
 Taming of the Shrew, Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 
 O, how full of briers is this working-day 
 world ! As Ton Like It, Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
 How far it is 
 To this same blessed Milford: and, by the 
 
 way, 
 
 Tell me how Wales was made so happy as 
 To inherit such a haven. 
 
 Gymbeline, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 (&UU0t 15 
 
 She is of so free, so kind, so apt, so blessed 
 a disposition. Othello, Act n. Sc. 3. 
 
 I see some sparks of better hope, which elder 
 
 years 
 May happily bring forth. 
 
 Richard II. Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 The fire i' the flint shows not till it be struck. 
 Timon of Athens, Act i. Sc. 1.
 
 82 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 16 
 
 God bless thee, lady ! 
 
 Twelfth Night, Act i. Sc. 5. 
 I know you have a gentle, noble temper, 
 A soul as even as a calm. 
 
 Henry VIII. Act in. Sc. 1. 
 . . . Sleep in peace and wake in joy ; 
 Good angels guard thee. 
 
 Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 A rarer spirit never 
 Did steer humanity. 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 I have no other but a woman's reason ; 
 I think him so because I think him so. 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act I. Sc. 2. 
 
 18 
 
 There's no art 
 
 To find the mind's construction in the face 
 He was a gentleman on whom I built 
 An absolute trust. 
 
 Macbeth, Act i. Sc. 4. 
 
 Your name, fair gentlewoman ? 
 
 King Lear, Act I. Sc. 4.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 83 
 
 19 
 
 Happy in that we are not over-happy. 
 
 Hamlet, Act ir. Sc. 2. 
 
 I do much wonder that one man, seeing 
 how much another man is a fool when he 
 dedicates his behaviours to love, will, after 
 he hath laughed at such shallow follies in 
 others, become the argument of his own scorn 
 by falling in love. 
 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act n. Sc. 3. 
 
 (gxtflruflt 20 
 
 We do pray for mercy ; 
 And that same prayer doth teach us all to 
 
 render 
 The deeds of mercy. 
 
 Merchant of Venice, Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 
 Men of few words are the best men. 
 Henry V. Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 21 
 
 Sweet are the uses of adversity, 
 Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, 
 Wears yet a precious jewel in his head. 
 As You Like It, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 . . . Spirits are not finely touch'd 
 But to fine issues. 
 
 Measure for Measure, Act i. Sc. 1.
 
 84 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 22 
 
 To keep an adjunct to remember thee, 
 Were to import forgetfulness in me. 
 
 Sonnet cxxi. 
 
 We know what we are, but know not what 
 we may be. Hamlet, Act iv. Sc. 5. 
 
 All that lives must die, 
 Passing through Nature to eternity. 
 Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
 (gUUSt 23 
 
 His nature is too noble for the world : 
 
 He would not flatter Neptune for his trident, 
 
 Or Jove for 's power to thunder. His heart's 
 
 his mouth, 
 What his breast forges, that his tongue must 
 
 vent. Coriolanus, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 There is no darkness but ignorance. 
 
 Twelfth Night, Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 
 24 
 
 All the world's a stage, 
 
 And all the men and women merely players. 
 As You Like It, Act n. Sc. 6. 
 
 Shall we rest us here, 
 And by relating tales of others' griefs, 
 See if 'twill teach us to forget our own ? 
 Pericles, Act i. Sc. 4.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 85 
 
 25 
 
 An honest soul i' faith, Sir, by my troth he 
 is, as ever broke bread. 
 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act in. Sc. 5. 
 
 Give sorrow words ; the grief that does not 
 
 speak 
 "Whispers the o'erfraught heart and bids it 
 
 break. Macbeth, Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 
 @.U$u0f 26 
 
 Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, 
 Which we ascribe to Heaven. 
 All's Well that Ends Well, 'Act i. Sc. 1. 
 We are not ourselves 
 When nature, being oppress'd, commands the 
 
 mind 
 To suffer with the body. 
 
 King Lear, Act 11. Sc. 4. 
 
 27 
 
 But a good heart, Kate, is the sun and 
 moon ; or rather the sun and not the moon . 
 for it shines bright and never changes, but 
 keeps his course truly. 
 
 Henry V. Act v. Sc. 2. 
 
 He is simply the rarest man i' the world. 
 Coriolanus, Act iv. Sc. 5.
 
 86 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 28 
 
 Love thyself last. 
 Henry VIII. Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 God bless thee ! 
 Twelfth Night, Act i. Sc. 5. 
 
 My salad days, 
 
 When I was green in judgment. 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act i. Sc. 5. 
 
 29 
 
 Thy truth then be thy dower. 
 
 King Lear, Act i. Sc. 1. 
 You have a nimble wit : I think it was 
 made of Atalanta's heels. 
 
 As You Like It, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with 
 
 traps. 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act m. Sc. 1. 
 
 Falseness cannot come from thee. 
 
 . . . Thou seem'st a palace 
 For the crown'd Truth to dwell in. 
 
 Pericles, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 He has my heart yet, and shall have my 
 
 prayers 
 While I shall have my life. 
 
 Henry VIII. Act m. Sc. 1.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 87 
 
 I see men's judgments are 
 A parcel of their fortunes ; and things outward 
 Do draw the inward quality after them, 
 To suffer all alike. 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act in. Sc. 13. 
 Be govern'd by your knowledge and proceed 
 I' the sway of your own will. 
 
 King Lear, Act iv. Sc. 7. 
 
 Thou bring'st me happiness and peace. 
 
 Second Part of Henry IV. Act iv. Sc. 1.
 
 88 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 Be but duteous and true preferment shall 
 tender itself to thee. 
 
 Cymbeline, Act in. Sc. 5. 
 Touch you the sourest points with sweetest 
 terms. 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act n. Sc. 2. 
 Happy are they that hear their own de- 
 traction, and can put them to mending. 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act n. Sc. 3. 
 2 
 
 Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, 
 But cheerily seek how to redress their harms. 
 Third Part of Henry VI. Act v. Sc. 4. 
 
 Checks and disasters 
 
 Grow in the veins of actions highest reared. 
 Troilus and Oressida, Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
 3 
 
 For miracles are ceased ; 
 And therefore we must needs admit the means 
 How things are perfected. 
 
 Henry V. Act T. Sc. 1. 
 
 Polonius. What do you think of me ? 
 King. As of a man faithful and honourable. 
 Hamlet, Act 11. Sc. 2.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 89 
 
 ep temfler 4 
 
 God, the best maker of all marriages, 
 Combine your hearts in one. 
 
 Henry V. Act v. Sc. 2. 
 Your heart's desires be with you. 
 
 As You Like It, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 heaven on earth I have won by wooing 
 
 thee. 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 
 And He that doth the ravens feed, 
 Yea, providently caters for the sparrow, 
 Be comfort to my age ! 
 
 As You Like It, Act n. Sc. 3. 
 
 As full of spirit as the month of May 
 And gorgeous as the sun at midsummer. 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 
 Jkptemfier 6 
 
 Come what come may, 
 
 Time and the hour runs through the rough- 
 est day. Macbeth, Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
 Quick is mine ear to hear of good towards 
 him. Richard II. Act u. Sc. 1. 
 
 I'll be as patient as a gentle stream, 
 And make a pastime of each weary step. 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act u. Sc. 7.
 
 90 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 ep temfler 7 
 
 He hath a daily beauty in his life. 
 
 Othello, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 Blessed are the peacemakers on earth. 
 Second Part of Henry VI. Act u. Sc. 1. 
 
 The while I think on thee, dear friend. 
 All losses are restored and sorrows end. 
 
 Sonnet xxx. 
 
 8 
 
 For never anything can be amiss, 
 When simpleness and duty tender it. 
 Midsummer Night's Dream, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 How green you are, and fresh, in this old 
 world ! 
 
 King John, Act in. Sc. 4. 
 
 ^ep femfier 9 
 
 The Lord in heaven bless thee ! 
 
 Henry V. Act IY. Sc. 1. 
 
 A little gale will soon disperse that cloud, 
 And blow it to the source from whence it 
 
 came : 
 
 The very beams will dry those vapours up, 
 For every cloud engenders not a storm. 
 Third Part of Henry VI. Act. v. Sc. 3.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 91 
 
 ep temfier 10 
 
 Hope is a lover's staff ; walk hence with that 
 And manage it against despairing thoughts. 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 . . . The king-becoming graces, 
 As justice, verity, temperance, stableness, 
 Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness, 
 Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude. 
 Macbeth, Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 
 ^cptcmflcr 11 
 
 Thou art not farther than my thoughts canst 
 
 move, 
 And I am still with them, and they with thee. 
 
 Sonnet XLVII. 
 The love that follows us sometime is our 
 
 trouble, 
 Which still we thank as love. 
 
 Macbeth, Act I. Sc. 6. 
 
 12 
 
 Rightly to be great 
 Is not to stir without great argument, 
 But greatly to find quarrel in a straw 
 When honour's at the stake. 
 
 Hamlet, Act iv. Sc. 4. 
 
 A noble life before a long. 
 
 Coriolanus, Act in. Sc. 1.
 
 92 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 13 
 
 Love all, trust a few, 
 
 Do wrong to none : be able for thine enemy 
 Rather in power than use, and keep thy friend 
 Under thy own life's key. 
 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act i. Sc. 1. 
 
 Flow, 
 You heavenly blessings, on her ! 
 
 Cymbeline, Act in. Sc. 5. 
 
 My project may deceive me, 
 But my intents are fixed and will not leave 
 
 me. 
 AlP s Well that Ends Well, Act i. Sc. 1. 
 
 0, what may man within him hide, 
 Though angel on the outward side ! 
 Measure for Measure, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 15 
 
 I think there's never a man in Christendom 
 That can less hide his love or hate than he ; 
 For by his face straight shall you know his 
 heart. 
 
 Richard III. Act in. Sc. 4. 
 
 The sweetest lady that ever I looked on. 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act I. Sc. 1.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 93 
 
 ^epfemfler 16 
 
 "What a piece of work is a man ! How 
 noble in reason ! how infinite in faculty ! in 
 form and moving, how express and admirable ! 
 in action, how like an angel ! in apprehension, 
 how like a god ! the beauty of the world ! the 
 paragon of animals ! 
 
 Hamlet, Act u. Sc. 2. 
 Men should be what they seem. 
 
 Othello, Act in. Sc. 3. 
 
 epfem6er 17 
 
 Fortune brings in some boats that are not 
 steer'd. Cymbeline, Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 
 Let us rather 
 Hold fast the mortal sword, and like good 
 
 men 
 Bestride our downfall'n birthdom. 
 
 Macbeth, Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 
 She that could think, and ne'er disclose her 
 mind. Othello, Act II. Sc. 1. 
 
 18 
 
 Methinks there is much reason in his sayings. 
 Julius Ctesar, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all. 
 Second Part of Henry IV. Act in. Sc. 3. 
 
 Every one can master a grief but he that 
 has it. 
 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act in. Sc. 2.
 
 94 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 19 
 
 O 'tis the sun that maketh all things shine. 
 Love's Labour's Lost, Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 
 Out with it boldly, truth loves open dealing. 
 Henry VIII. Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 When you depart sorrow abides and hap- 
 piness takes his leave. 
 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act i. Sc. 1. 
 
 20 
 
 He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes. 
 Richard II. Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 My crown is in my heart, not on my head ; 
 Not decked with diamonds and Indian stones 
 Nor to be seen ; my crown is called, Content. 
 Third Part of Henry VI. Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 ^epfemfier 21 
 
 I will believe thou hast a mind that suits 
 With this thy fair and outward character. 
 Twelfth Night, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 For 'tis a question left us yet to prove 
 Whether love lead fortune, or else fortune 
 
 love. Hamlet, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 For man is a giddy thing, and this is my 
 conclusion. 
 
 Much Ado about Nothing^ Act v. Sc. 4.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 95 
 
 ep tem6et 22 
 
 Fair thoughts be your fair pillow ! 
 Troilus and Cressida, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 Good angels guard thee ! 
 
 Richard III. Act IV. Sc. 1. 
 All I see in you is worthy love. 
 
 King John, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 Thou mayestsee a sunshine and a hail 
 In me at once. 
 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 q> temflev 23 
 
 But we all are men, 
 In our own natures frail, and capable 
 Of our flesh ; few are angels. 
 
 Henry VIIL Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 I am not of that feather to shake off 
 My friend when he must need me. 
 
 Timon of Athens, Act I. Sc. 1. 
 
 ^ep femfler 24 
 
 To show the world I am a gentleman. 
 Richard II. Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, 
 Is the immediate jewel of their souls : . . . 
 Poor and content is rich and rich enough, 
 But riches fineless is as poor as winter 
 To him that ever fears he shall be poor. 
 
 Othello, Act in. Sc. 3.
 
 96 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 ^q? temfier 25 
 
 Silence is the perfectest herald of joy : I 
 were but little happy, if I could say how 
 much. 
 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 In all external grace you have some part, 
 But you like none, none you, for constant 
 heart. Sonnet LIU. 
 
 epfem6er 26 
 
 He is a marvellous good neighbour. 
 
 Love's Labour's Lost, Act v. Sc. 2. 
 Beware of entrance to a quarrel, but being in, 
 Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee. 
 
 Hamlet, Act I. Sc. 3. 
 Do as adversaries do in law, 
 Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. 
 Taming of the Shrew, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
 ^ep temfier 27 
 
 God's goodness hath been great to thee ; 
 Let never day nor night unhallow'd pass, 
 But still remember what the Lord hath done. 
 Second Part of Henry VL Act u. Sc. 1. 
 
 God send every one their heart's desire. 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act in. Sc. 4. 
 
 He is no hypocrite, but prays from his heart. 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act i. Sc. 1.
 
 W'JL 
 
 ffoltow BOUC frten&'s counsel ; f 'U in. 
 
 MEHRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 97 
 
 ^ep femfler 28 
 
 Speak freely what you think. 
 Third Part of Henry VI, Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 
 Be just, and fear not ; 
 Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy coun- 
 
 try's, 
 
 Thy God's, and truth's : then if thou fall'st . . 
 Thou fall'st a blessed martyr ! 
 
 Henry VIII. Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 29 
 
 All the world is cheered by the sun. 
 
 Richard III. Act i. Sc. 2. 
 Then God forgive the sin of all those souls 
 That to their everlasting residence, 
 Before the dew of evening fall, shall fleet. 
 King John, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 For some must watch, while some must sleep : 
 So runs the world away. 
 
 Hamlet, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 30 
 
 Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well, 
 When our deep plots do pall : and that should 
 
 teach us 
 
 There's a divinity that shapes our ends, 
 Rough-hew them how we will. 
 
 Hamlet, Act v. Sc. 2. 
 
 Let me be that I am, and seek not to alter 
 me. 
 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act i. Sc. 2.
 
 98 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 He sits high in all the people's hearts. 
 Julius CfBsar, Act I. Sc. 3. 
 
 Our hearts, 
 
 Of brother's temper, do receive you in 
 With all kind love, good thoughts and rever- 
 
 ence. 
 . . . Though last, not least in love. 
 
 Julius Ceesar, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 fccfofler 2 
 
 Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot 
 That it do singe yourself : we may outrun, 
 By violent swiftness, that which we run at, 
 And lose by over-running. 
 
 Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. 1. 
 You shall have time to wrangle in when 
 you have nothing else to do. 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act n. Sc. 2. - 
 
 fcctofler 3 
 
 Beshrew me but I love her heartily ; 
 For she is wise, if I can judge of her, 
 And fair she is, if that mine eyes be true, 
 And true she is, as she hath proved herself, 
 And therefore, like herself, wise, fair, and 
 
 true, 
 Shall she be placed in my constant soul. 
 
 Merchant of Venice, Act u. Sc. 6.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 99 
 
 fcctofier 4- 
 
 For mine own part, I could be well content 
 To entertain the lag-end of my life 
 With quiet hours. 
 
 First J*art of Henry 1 V. Act V. Sc. 1. 
 Redeeming time when men think least I will. 
 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act I. Sc. 2. 
 Things past redress are now with me past 
 care. Richard II. Act u. Sc. 3. 
 
 How like a winter hath my absence been 
 From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year T 
 What freezings have I felt, what dark days 
 
 seen 
 
 What old December's bareness everywhere ! 
 And yet this time removed was summer's 
 time. Sonnet xcvu. 
 
 O Lord, that lends me life, 
 Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness ! 
 
 Second Part of Henry VI. Act I. Sc. 1. 
 
 Cold snow melts with the sun's hot beams. 
 
 Second Part of Henry VI. Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 She came adorned hither like sweet May. 
 
 Richard II. Act v. Sc. 1.
 
 100 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 fcctofiet 7 
 
 Wipe not out the rest of thy services by 
 leaving me now : the need I have of thee 
 thine own goodness hath made ; better not to 
 have had thee than thus to want thee. 
 
 Winter's Tale, Act IV. Sc. 2. 
 The noblest mind he carries 
 That ever govern 'd man. 
 Long may he live in fortunes ! 
 
 Timon of Athens, Act i. Sc. 1. 
 8 
 
 Let gentleness my strong enforcement be. 
 As You Like It, Act n. Sc. 7. 
 
 Rather bear those ills we have, 
 Than fly to others that we know not of. 
 Hamlet, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 Our very eyes are sometimes, like our judg- 
 ments, blind. Cymbeline, Act iv. Sc. 2. 
 
 fcctofier 9 
 
 My man's as true as steel. 
 Romeo and Juliet, Act n. Sc. 4. 
 
 Our separation so abides, and flies, 
 That thou, residing here, go'st yet with me, 
 And I, hence fleeting, here remain with thee. 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act I. Sc. 3. 
 
 He's honest, on mine honour. 
 
 Henry VIIL Act v. Sc. 1.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 101 
 
 &cfo8er 10 
 
 His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles, 
 His love sincere, his thoughts immaculate, 
 His tears pure messengers sent from his heart, 
 His heart as far from fraud as heaven from 
 
 earth. 
 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act n. Sc. 7. 
 I cannot but remember such things were, 
 That were most precious to me. 
 
 Macbeth, Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 
 There is a tide in the affairs of men, 
 Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune 
 Omitted, all the voyage of their life 
 Is bound in shallows and in miseries. 
 
 Julius CcBsar, Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 
 He was my friend, faithful and just to me. 
 Julius Caesar, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 12 
 
 How sour sweet music is, 
 When time is broke and no proportion kept ! 
 So is it in the music of men's lives. 
 
 Richard II. Act v. Sc. 5. 
 
 Life every man holds dear ; but the brave 
 
 man 
 
 Holds honour far more precious dear than life. 
 Troilus and Cressida, Act v. Sc. 3.
 
 102 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 >cfofier 13 
 
 It is religion that doth make vows kept. 
 King John, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 Our rash faults 
 
 Make trivial price of serious things we have, 
 
 Not knowing them until we know their grave. 
 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 Ocfofler 14 
 
 The gravity and stillness of your youth 
 The world hath noted. 
 
 Othello, Act ii. Sc. 3. 
 He was a man, take him for all in all, 
 I shall not look upon his like again. 
 
 Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
 Your name is great 
 In mouths of wisest censure. 
 
 Othello, Act n. Sc. 3. 
 
 >ctofler 15 
 
 Let me put in your minds, if you forget, 
 What you have been ere now, and what you 
 are. Richard III, Act I. Sc. 3. 
 
 I forgive and quite forget old faults. 
 Third *Part of Henry VI. Act Hi. Sc. 3. 
 
 She loved me for the dangers I had pass'd, 
 And I loved her that she did pity them. 
 Othello, Act i. Sc. 3.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 103 
 
 16 
 
 Then, Heaven, set ope thy everlasting gates, 
 
 To entertain my vows of thanks and praise ! 
 
 Second Part of Henry VI. Act iv. Sc. 9. 
 
 He wears his faith but as the fashion of his 
 hat ; it ever changes with the next block. 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act I. Sc. 1. 
 
 fcetofler 17 
 
 Hearing you praised, I say, ' 'Tis so, 'tis true,' 
 And to the most of praise add something 
 more. Sonnet LXXXV. 
 
 Full of wise care is this your counsel. 
 Richard III. Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 Me, poor man, my library 
 "Was dukedom large enough. 
 
 Tempest, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
 fccfofier 18 
 
 Till now I never knew thee ! 
 
 Henry VIII. Act I. Sc. 4. 
 
 Things without all remedy 
 Should be without regard ; what's done is 
 done. Macbeth, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 A son who is the theme of honour's tongue, 
 Amongst a grove the very straightest plant. 
 First Part of Henry" IV. Act I. Sc. 1.
 
 104 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 >6fo6er 19 
 
 Let's take the instant by the forward top ! 
 For we are old, and on our quick'st decrees 
 The inaudible and noiseless foot of Time 
 Steals ere we can effect them. 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 Bosom up my counsel, 
 You'll find it wholesome. 
 
 Henry VIII, Act i. Sc. 1. 
 
 fcctoflet 20 
 
 There is some soul of goodness in things evil, 
 Would men observingly distil it out. 
 
 Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 Ween you of better luck, 
 I mean in perjured witness, than your master 
 Whose minister you are, whiles here he lived 
 Upon this naughty earth. 
 
 Henry VIII. Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 >cfofier 21 
 
 Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice ; 
 Take each man's censure, but reserve thy 
 judgment. Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
 Octavia is of a holy, cold, and still conver- 
 sation. 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act n. Sc. 6. 
 
 I commit you to the tuition of God. 
 
 Tempest, Act I. Sc. 2.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 105 
 
 fccfofier 22 
 
 I count myself in nothing else so happy 
 As in a soul remembering my good friends. 
 Richard II. Act u. Sc. 3. 
 
 Fortune and Victory sit on thy helm ! 
 Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 I weigh my friend's affection with mine own. 
 Timon of Athens, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
 fcctofier 23 
 
 . . . No mind that's honest 
 But in it shares some woe. 
 
 Macbeth, Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 
 You shall hear from me still ; the time shall 
 
 not 
 Out-go my thinking on you. 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 fcctofler 24 
 
 Add a royal number to the dead. 
 
 King John, Act n. Sc. 2. 
 
 He gave his honours to the world again, 
 His blessed part to Heaven, and slept in 
 peace. Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2. 
 
 Say as you think, and speak it from your 
 
 souls. 
 Second Part of Henry VI. Act in. Sc. 1.
 
 106 ' THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 fccfoficr 25 
 
 He hath indeed a good outward happiness ! 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act u. Sc. 3. 
 
 Doubting things go ill often hurts more 
 Than to be sure they do ; for certainties 
 Either are past remedies, or, timely knowing. 
 The remedy then born. 
 
 Cymbeline, Act i. Sc. 6. 
 
 ><jto8er 26 
 
 We see which way the stream of time doth 
 
 run, 
 
 And are enforced from our most quiet there 
 By the rough torrent of occasion. 
 
 Second Part of Henry IV. Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 
 Be thou chaste as ice, as pure as snow, 
 Thou shajt not escape calumny. 
 
 Hamlet, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 27 
 
 However God or fortune cast my lot, 
 There lives or dies 
 A loyal, just, and upright gentleman. 
 Richard II. Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
 Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale 
 Her infinite variety. 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act n. Sc. 2.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 107 
 
 fccfoflev 28 
 
 You taught me how to know the face of right. 
 King John, Act v. Sc. 2. 
 
 "Pis beauty that doth oft make woman proud, 
 'Tis virtue that doth make them mostadmired, 
 'Tis government that makes them seem divine. 
 Third Part of Henry VI. Act I. Sc. 4. 
 
 fcctofler 29 
 
 Cease to lament for that thou canst not help, 
 
 And study help for that which thou lament'st. 
 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 .... For his bounty 
 
 There was no winter in't, an autumn 'twas 
 
 That grew the more by reaping. 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act v. Sc. 2. 
 
 fccfoflev 30 
 
 My heart is great ; but it must break with 
 
 silence, 
 Ere't be disburden'd with a liberal tongue. 
 
 Richard II. Act u. Sc. 1. , 
 
 I hourly learn a doctrine of obedience. 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act v. Sc. 2. 
 
 What's brave, what's noble, let's do it. 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act iv. Sc. lo.
 
 108 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 31 
 
 Thou art a summer bird, 
 Which ever in the haunch of winter sings 
 The lifting up of day. 
 Second Part of Henry IV. Act iv. Sc. 4. 
 He shall have a noble memory. 
 
 Coriolanus, Act v. Sc. 6. 
 But thy eternal summer shall not fade . . . 
 Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his 
 
 shade, 
 When in eternal lines to time thou growest. 
 
 Sonnet xvm. 
 O, this boy 
 
 Lends mettle to us all : 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act v. Sc. 4.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 109 
 
 1 
 
 But with the word the time will bring on 
 
 summer. 
 When briers shall have leaves as well as 
 
 thorns, 
 
 And be as sweet as sharp ..... 
 All's well that ends well ; still the fine's the 
 
 crown ; 
 
 Whate'er the course, the end is the renown. 
 A^s Well that Ends Well, Act iv. Sc. 4. 
 
 (UobemBer 2 
 
 The benediction of these covering heavens 
 Fall on their heads like dew ! 
 
 Cymbeline, Act v. Sc. 5. 
 This priest has no pride in him. 
 
 Henry VIII, Act n. Sc. 2. 
 What thou wouldst highly, 
 That wouldst thou holily ; wouldst not play 
 false. Macbeth, Act i. Sc. 5. 
 
 (ttobemfier 3 
 
 I hear, yet say not much, but think the more. 
 Third Part of Henry VI. Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 
 Angels are bright still, though the brightest 
 fell. Macbeth, Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 
 Nought so stockish, hard, and full of rage, 
 But music for the time doth change his nature. 
 Merchant of Venice, Act v. Sc. 1.
 
 110 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 He is complete in feature and in mind, 
 With all good grace to grace a gentleman. 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 But my prayers 
 Forever and forever shall be yours. 
 
 Henry VIII. Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 (tto&emfler 5 
 
 He hath never fed on the dainties that are 
 bred in a book. 
 
 Love's Labour's Lost, Act iv. Sc. 2. 
 You should be ruled and led 
 By some discretion, that discerns your state 
 Better than you yourself. . . . To wilful men, 
 The injuries that they themselves procure 
 Must be their schoolmasters. 
 
 King Lear, Act n. Sc. 4. 
 
 (ttobemfier 6 
 
 The force of his own merit makes his way. 
 Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. 1. 
 
 That old and antique song we heard last 
 
 night : 
 
 Methought it did relieve my passion much, 
 More than light airs and recollected terms 
 Of these most brisk and giddy-paced times. 
 Twelfth Night, Act n. Sc. 4.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 111 
 
 Qtobemfler 7 
 
 We are in God's hand, brother. 
 
 Henry V, Act in. Sc. 6. 
 But wonder on, till truth makes all things 
 
 plain. 
 Midsummer Night's Dream, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 The heart I bear 
 
 Shall never sag with doubt, or shake with 
 fear. Macbeth, Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 QJo&emfier 8 
 
 Though thy tackle's torn 
 Thou show'st a noble vessel. 
 
 Coriolanus, Act iv. Sc. 5. 
 
 Bring me a constant woman, 
 And to that woman, when she has done most, 
 Yet will I add an honour, a great patience. 
 Henry VIIL Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 To climb steep hills 
 Requires slow pace at first. 
 
 Henry VIIL Act I. Sc. 1. 
 
 Now, good angels 
 
 Fly o'er thy royal head, and shade thy person 
 Under their blessed wings ! 
 
 Henry VIIL Act v. Sc. 1.
 
 112 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 Qtofcemfler 10 
 
 Direct not him whose way himself will choose: 
 'Tis breath thou lack'st, and that breath wilt 
 
 thou lose. Richard II. Act u. Sc. 1. 
 
 Give me that man 
 That is not passion's slave, and I will wear 
 
 him 
 
 In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, 
 As I do thee. Hamlet, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 (ttobemflet 11 
 
 Full of noble device, of all sorts enchant- 
 ingly beloved. 
 
 As You Like It, Act i. Sc. i. 
 I can nothing render but allegiant thanks, 
 My prayers to Heaven for you, my loyalty, 
 Which ever has, and ever shall be, growing, 
 Till death, that winter, kill it. 
 
 Henry VIII. Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 (lltobemfier 12 
 
 Came of a gentle, kind, and noble stock. 
 Pericles, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 Her peerless feature, joined with her birth, 
 Approves her fit for none but for a king. 
 first Part of Henry VI. Act v. Sc. 5. 
 
 All tongues speak of him, and the bleared 
 sights are spectacled to see him. 
 
 Coriolanus, Act u. Sc. 1.
 
 evil tbat men 
 
 lives after tbem. 
 
 JULIUS C/ESAR.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 113 
 
 (Jtobemfier 13 
 
 Her that loves him with that excellence 
 That angels love good men with. 
 
 Henry VIII. Act n. Sc. 2. 
 
 If wishes would prevail with me, 
 My purpose should not fail with me. 
 
 Henry V. Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 (ttobcmflcr 14 
 
 His overthrow heap'd happiness upon him, 
 For then, and not till then, he felt himself, 
 And found the blessedness of being little. 
 Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2. 
 
 Here's one, a friend, and one that knows you 
 well. 
 
 Romeo and Juliet, Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 (tto&emficr 15 
 
 Heaven give your spirits comfort. 
 Measure for Measure, Act iv. Sc. 2. 
 
 Her voice was ever soft, 
 
 Gentle and low ; an excellent thing in woman. 
 King Lear, Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 She excels each mortal thing 
 
 Upon the dull earth dwelling. 
 
 Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act iv. Sc. 2.
 
 114 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 (Jtobemfier 16 
 
 Thou hast metal enough in thee to kill care, 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 Deep malice makes too deep incision. 
 Forget, forgive, conclude, and be agreed. 
 Richard II. Act i. Sc. 1. 
 
 All that glisters is not gold. 
 Merchant of Venice, Act n. Sc. 7. 
 
 (ttobemfler 17 
 
 There is a history in all men's lives, 
 Figuring the nature of the time deceased ; 
 The which observed, a man may prophesy, 
 With a near aim of the main chance of things 
 As yet not come to life, which in their seeds 
 And weak beginnings lie intreasured. 
 Second Part of Henry IV. Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 (ttobemfier 18 
 
 May the gods direct you to the best ! 
 Cymbeline, Act in. Sc. 4. 
 
 Well, I know not 
 
 What counts harsh fortune casts upon my face: 
 But in my bosom shall she never come, 
 To make my heart her vassal. 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act n. Sc. 6.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 115 
 
 (ttobemflet 19 
 
 To be, or not to be : that is the question. 
 Hamlet, Act HI. Sc. 1. 
 
 Thy own wish, wish I thee in every place ! 
 Love's Labour's Lost, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 
 Though fortune's malice overthrow my state, 
 
 My mind exceeds the compass of her wheel. 
 
 Third Part of Henry VI. Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 
 (Uobemfier 20 
 
 And tell me now, sweet friend, what happy 
 
 gale 
 
 Blows you to Padua here from old Verona ? 
 Such wind as scatters young men through 
 
 the world, 
 
 To seek their fortunes farther than at home, 
 Where small experience grows. 
 
 Taming of the Shrew, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
 (ttobem6er 21 
 
 O, it is excellent 
 
 To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyran- 
 nous 
 To use it like a giant. 
 
 Measure for Measure, Act II. Sc. 2. 
 .... I might not this believe 
 Without the sensible and true avouch 
 Of mine own eyes. 
 
 Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 1.
 
 116 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 (tto&emfler 22 
 
 And he is one, 
 
 'I he truest manner'd ; such a holy witch, 
 That he enchants societies into him ; 
 Half all men's hearts are his. . . . 
 
 Cymbeline, Act i. Sc. 6. 
 
 Time comes stealing on by night and day. 
 Comedy of JZrrors, Act iv. Sc. 2. 
 
 23 
 
 And oft 'tis seen, the wicked prize itself 
 Buys out the law : but 'tis not so above : 
 There is no shuffling, there the action lies 
 In his true nature ; and we ourselves com- 
 
 pell'd, 
 
 Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, 
 To give in evidence. What then ? what rests ? 
 Try what repentance can. 
 
 Hamlet, Act in. Sc. 3. 
 Qtobemfler 24 
 
 The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, 
 good and ill together. 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 
 Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, 
 And merrily hent the stile-a, 
 
 A merry heart goes all the day : 
 Your sad tires in a mile-a. 
 
 Winter's Tale, Act iv. Sc. 3.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 117 
 
 (Jto&emfier 25 
 
 As heart can think there is not such a word 
 Spoke of in Scotland as this term of fear. 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act. iv. Sc. 1. 
 Remember thee! Ay, while memory holds 
 A seat in this distracted globe. 
 
 Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 4. 
 My caution was more pertinent 
 Than the rebuke you give it. 
 
 Coriolanus, Act n. Sc. 2. 
 
 (Jtofcemfler 26 
 
 I'll take thy word for faith, not ask thine 
 
 oath : 
 Who shuns not to break one will sure crack 
 
 both. Pericles, Act I. Sc. 2. 
 
 They say miracles are past ; and we have 
 our philosophical persons, to make modern 
 and familiar things supernatural and cause- 
 less. 
 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act n. Sc. 3. 
 
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 I do not think a braver gentleman, 
 More active-valiant, or more valiant-young, 
 More daring or more bold, is now alive 
 To grace this latter age with noble deeds. 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act v. Sc. 1. 
 
 Great floods have flown from simple sources. 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act n. Sc. 1.
 
 118 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 (tto&emBer 28 
 
 Now the fair goddess, Fortune, 
 Fall deep in love with thee ; and her great 
 
 charms 
 Misguide thy opposers' swords ! 
 
 Coriolanus, Act I. Sc. 5. 
 A most poor man, made tame by fortune's 
 
 blows. King Lear, Act v. Sc. 6. 
 
 Keep your fellows' counsels and your own. 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act in. Sc. 3. 
 
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 I to the world am like a drop of water, 
 That in the ocean seeks another drop. 
 
 Comedy of Errors, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
 Prosperity be thy page ! 
 
 .... Thy friend no less 
 Than those she placeth highest ! 
 
 Coriolanus, Act i. Sc. 5. 
 
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 Pray you, bid 
 These unknown friends to us welcome ; for it 
 
 is 
 The way to make us better friends, more 
 
 known. Winter's Tale, Act iv. Sc. 4. 
 There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. 
 Hamlet, Act iv. Sc. 6. 
 
 The dews of heaven fall thick in blessings on 
 her ! Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 119 
 
 ecemfiet 1 
 
 Love is an ever-fixed mark, 
 That looks on tempests and is never shaken ; 
 It is the star to every wandering bark, 
 Whose worth's unknown, although his height 
 be taken. Sonnet cxvi. 
 
 When sorrows come they come not single 
 
 spies 
 But in battalions. Hamlet, Act iv. Sc. 5. 
 
 ecemfier 2 
 
 I had rather seal my lips, than, to my peril, 
 Speak that which is not. 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act v. Sc. 2. 
 
 Blossom, speed thee well. 
 
 Winter's Tale, Act in. Sc. 3. 
 
 I'll make assurance doubly sure, 
 And take a bond of fate. 
 
 Macbeth, Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 
 ecemfler 3 
 
 Ceremony was but devised at first 
 To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow wel- 
 comes, 
 
 Recanting goodness, sorry ere 'tis shown ; 
 But where there is true friendship, there needs 
 
 none. Timon of Athens, Act I. Sc. 2. 
 In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire 
 with good old folks. 
 
 Richard II. Act v. Sc. 1.
 
 120 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 We must not stint 
 Our necessary actions, in the fear 
 To cope malicious censurers. 
 
 Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
 A virtuous and a Christian-like conclusion, 
 To pray for them that have done scathe to 
 us. Richard III. Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
 For there was never yet philosopher 
 That could endure the toothache patiently, 
 However they have writ the style of gods 
 And made a push at chance and sufferance. 
 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 With all my heart I'll sit and hear her sing. 
 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act ill. Sc. 1. 
 
 We cannot weigh our brother with ourself. 
 Measure for Measure, Act n. Sc. 2. 
 
 This must my comfort be, 
 That sun that warms you here shall shine on 
 me. Richard II. Act I. Sc. 3. 
 
 I am a fellow o' the strangest mind i' the 
 world. Twelfth Night, Act I. Sc. 3.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 121 
 
 ecemBer 7 
 
 Fie, fob, and fum, 
 I smell the blood of a British man. 
 
 King Lear, Act in. Sc. 4. 
 Our doubts are traitors, 
 
 And make us lose the good we oft might win 
 By fearing to attempt. 
 
 Measure for Measure, Act i. Sc. 4. 
 
 Bliss be upon you ! 
 Romeo and Juliet, Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
 ecemfier 8 
 
 Nought's had, all's spent, 
 Where our desire is got without content : 
 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy 
 Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy. 
 Macbeth, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 I will hope 
 
 Of better deeds to-morrow. Rest you happy ! 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act I. Sc. 1. 
 
 ecemfier 9 
 
 He cannot natter, he, 
 An honest mind and plain, he must speak 
 
 truth ! 
 
 An they will take it, so ; if not, he's plain. 
 King Lear, Act n. Sc. 2. 
 You bear a gentle mind, and heavenly bless- 
 ings 
 Follow such creatures. 
 
 Henry VIII, Act 11. Sc. 3.
 
 122 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 esemfier 10 
 
 Many years of happy days befall. 
 
 Romeo and Juliet, Act I. Sc. 1. 
 .... Who is so full of grace 
 That it flows over on all that need. 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act v. Sc. 2. 
 But this lies within the will of God, 
 To whom I do appeal. 
 
 Henry V. Act i. Sc. 2. 
 
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 Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, 
 Frosty, but kindly. 
 
 As You Like It, Act n. Sc. 3. 
 
 To Thee I do commend my watchful soul, 
 Ere I let fall the windows of mine eyes : 
 Sleeping and waking, O defend me still ! 
 Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3. 
 
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 Our fortune lies upon this jump. 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act in. Sc. 8. 
 My desolation does begin to make 
 A better life. 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act v. Sc. 2. 
 There is a kind of character in thy life, 
 That to the observer doth thy history 
 Fully unfold. 
 
 Measure for Measure, Act i. Sc. 1.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 123 
 
 ecemfier 13 
 
 Model to thy inward greatness, 
 Like little body with a mighty heart. 
 
 Henry V. Act n. Chorus. 
 For courage mounteth with occasion. 
 
 King John, Act n. Sc. 1. 
 And for this once my will shall stand for 
 law. 
 
 Third Part of Henry VI. Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 
 What fates impose, that men must needs 
 
 abide ; 
 
 It boots not to resist both wind and tide. 
 Third Part of Henry VI. Act IV. Sc. 3. 
 He tells you flatly what his mind is. 
 Taming of the Shrew, Act I. Sc. 2. 
 
 .... I am declined 
 Into the vale of years. 
 
 Othello, Act in. Sc. 3. 
 
 ecemflet 15 
 
 .... I might call him 
 A thing divine, for nothing natural 
 I ever saw so noble. 
 
 Tempest, Act i. Sc. 2. 
 All may be well ; but, if God sort it so, 
 'Tis more than we deserve, or I expect. 
 Richard III. Act n. Sc. 3. 
 Take from my mouth the wish of happy 
 years. Richard II. Act I. Sc. 3.
 
 124 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 16 
 
 Sudden sorrow 
 Serves to say thus, some good thing comes 
 
 to-morrow. 
 Second Part of Henry IV. Act IV. Sc. 2. 
 
 Mine honesty 
 Shall not make poor my greatness, nor my 
 
 power 
 Work without it. 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act n. Sc. 2. 
 
 eeemfier 17 
 
 Be checked for. silence, but never taxed for 
 
 speech. 
 All's Well that Ends Well, Act I. Sc. 1. 
 
 My ending is despair, 
 Unless I be relieved bv prayer, 
 Which pierces so that it assaults 
 Mercy itself, and frees all faults. 
 
 Tempest, Epil. 
 
 18 
 
 My endeavours 
 
 Have ever come too short of my desires. 
 Henry VIII. Act in. Sc. 2. 
 
 For the man doth fear God, howsoever it 
 seems not in him by some large jests he will 
 make. 
 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act II. Sc. 3.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 125 
 
 ecemfter 19 
 
 He is your friend forever. 
 
 Henry VIIL Act v. Sc. 2. 
 All the gods go with you ! upon your sword 
 Sit laurel victory ! and smooth success 
 Be strew'd before your feet. 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra, Act i. Sc. 3. 
 Nought shall make us rue, 
 If England to itself do rest but true. 
 King John, Act v. Sc. 7. 
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 .... So we'll live 
 And pray, and sing, and tell old tales. 
 King Lear, Act v. Sc. 2. 
 
 Poor Tom's a-cold ! 
 
 King Lear, Act in. Sc. 4. 
 
 O, how this discord doth afflict my soul ! 
 First Part of Henry VI. Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 ecemfier 21 
 
 All this day an unaccustomed spirit 
 Lifts me above the ground with cheerful 
 thoughts. 
 
 Romeo and Juliet, Act v. Sc. 1. 
 The smallest worm will turn being trodden on. 
 Third Part of Henry VI. Act I. Sc. 2. 
 Parting is such sweet sorrow 
 That I shall say good-night till it be morrow. 
 Romeo and Juliet, Act n. Sc. 3.
 
 126 THROUGH THE TEAK 
 
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 Of a cheerful look, a pleasing eye, and a 
 most noble carriage. 
 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act n. Sc. 4. 
 So every bondman iu his own hand bears 
 The power to cancel his captivity. 
 
 Julius Ccesar, Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
 Tut, tut, 
 
 Thou troublest me ; I am not in the vein. 
 Richard III. Act iv., Sc. 2. 
 
 eeemfler 23 
 
 A woman-'s gentle heart, but not acquainted 
 With shifting change as is false women's 
 fashion. Sonnet xx. 
 
 A kinder gentleman treads not the earth. 
 Merchant of Venice, Act n. Sc. 8. 
 
 God comfort him in this necessity ! 
 First Part of Henry VI. Act. iv. Sc. 3. 
 
 ecemBer 24. 
 
 Look, what thy soul holds dear, imagine it 
 To lie that way thou go'st, not whence thou 
 comest. Richard II. Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
 Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes, 
 Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, 
 The bird of dawning singeth all night long, 
 And then they say no spirit stirs abroad. 
 Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 1.
 
 WITH SHAKESPEARE 127 
 
 ecemfler 25 
 
 Alas, alas ! 
 Why, all the souls that were were forfeit 
 
 once ; 
 
 And He that might the vantage best have took 
 Found out the remedy. 
 
 Measure for Measure, Act u. Sc. 2. 
 The yearly course that brings this day about, 
 Shall never see it but a holiday. 
 
 King John, Act in. Sc. 1. 
 
 eeemfler 26 
 
 The time is worth the use on't. 
 
 Winter's Tale, Act m. Sc. 1. 
 
 And time that takes survey of all the world 
 must have a stop. 
 
 First Part of Henry IV. Act v. Sc. 4. 
 
 I am not of many words, but I thank you. 
 Much Ado about Nothing, Act i. Sc. 1. 
 
 eeemfler 2? 
 
 He is as full of valour as of kindness. 
 
 Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 3. 
 Jesters do oft prove prophets. 
 
 King Lear, Act v. Sc. 3. 
 By-and-by is easily said. 
 
 Hamlet, Act in. Sc. 2. 
 Things at the worst will cease. 
 
 Macbeth, Act iv. Sc. 2.
 
 128 THROUGH THE YEAR 
 
 ecemfler 28 
 
 For I know thou'rt full of love and 
 honesty, 
 
 And weigh'st thy words before thou givest 
 them breath. 
 
 Othello, Act in. Sc. 3. 
 
 e<jemfler 29 
 
 He hath a stern look, but a gentle heart. 
 King John, Act iv. Sc. 1. 
 Let's teach ourselves that honourable stop, 
 Not to outsport discretion. 
 
 Othello, Act ii. Sc. 3. 
 
 eeemfier 30 
 
 God in thy good cause make thee prosperous ! 
 
 Richard II. Act i. Sc. 3. 
 If I do vow a friendship, I'll perform it 
 To the' last article. 
 
 Othello, Act in, Sc. 3. 
 
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 Then let us take a ceremonious leave 
 And loving farewell of our several friends. 
 Richard II. Act i. Sc. 3. 
 
 God be with you all ! 
 
 Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 3.
 
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