William Shakespeare

Jesters do oft prove prophets

Jesters do oft prove prophets

It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.

It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.

If you did wed my sister for her wealth,
Then for her wealth's sake use her with more kindness:
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If you did wed my sister for her wealth,
Then for her wealth's sake use her with more kindness:
Or if you like elsewhere, do it by stealth;
Muffle your false love with some show of blindness:
Let not my sister read it in your eye;
Be not thy tongue thy own shame's orator;
Look sweet, spear fair, become disloyalty;
Apparel vice like virtue's harbinger;
Bear a fair presence, though your heart be tainted;
Teach sin the carriage of a holy saint;
Be secret-false: what need she be acquainted?

Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.

Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.

Lord, what fools these mortals be.

Lord, what fools these mortals be.