His arched brows, his hawking eye, his curls, Of every line and trick of his sweet favour‡: COWARDICE. I know him a notorious liar, Think him a great way fool, solely a coward; That they take place, when virtue's steely bones THE REMEDY OF EVILS GENERALLY IN OURSELVES. Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to heaven: the fated sky CHARACTER OF A NOBLE COURTIER. In his youth He had the wit, which I can well observe * Helena considers her heart as the tablet on which his resemblance was portrayed. + Peculiarity of feature. Countenance. § His is put for its. And bow'd his eminent top to their low ranks, Such a man Might be a copy to these younger times. ACT II. HONOR DUE TO PERSONAL VIRTUE ONLY, NOT TO BIRTH. From lowest place when virtuous things proceed, Is good, without a name; vileness is so†: Where dust, and damn'd oblivion, is the tomb ACT III. SELF-ACCUSATION OF TOO GREAT LOVE. Poor lord! is 't I That chase thee from thy country, and expose * Titles. Good is good independent of any worldly distinction, and so is vileness vile. Of the none-sparing war? and is it I That drive thee from the sportive court, where thou With sharp constraint of hunger; better 'twere [lon, My being here it is that holds thee hence: A MAID'S HONOUR. The honour of a maid is her name; and no legacy is so rich as honesty. ADVICE TO YOUNG WOMEN, Beware of them, Diana; their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all these engines of lust, are not the things they go under†: many a maid * Ravenous. They are not the things for which their names would make them pass. hath been seduced by them; and the misery is example, that so terrible shows in the wreck of maidenhood, cannot for all that dissuade succession, but that they are limed with the twigs that threaten them, I hope, I need not to advise you further; but, I hope, your own grace will keep you where you are, though there were no further danger known, but the modesty which is so lost. ACT IV. CUSTOM OF SEDUCERS. Ay, so you serve us, Till we serve you: but when you have our roses, You barely leave our thorns to prick ourselves, And mock us with our bareness. CHASTITY. Mine honour's such a ring: My chastity's the jewel of our house, LIFE CHEQUERED. The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together: our virtues would be proud, if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair, if they were not cherished by our virtues. A COWARDLY BRAGGART. Yet am I thankful: if my heart were great, 'Twould burst at this: Captain, I'll be no more; But I will eat and drink, and sleep as soft As captain shall: simply the thing I am Shall make me live. Who knows himself a braggart ACT V. AGAINST. DELAY. 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. EXCUSE FOR UNSEASONABLE DISLIKE. At first I stuck AS YOU LIKE IT. ACT I. MODESTY AND COURAGE IN YOUTH. I BESEECH YOU, punish me not with your hard |