Mine honor's such a ring;
My chastity's the jewel of our house,
Bequeathed down from many ancestors,
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Mine honor's such a ring;
My chastity's the jewel of our house,
Bequeathed down from many ancestors,
Which were the greatest obloquy i' th' world
In me to lose.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

Of all the sexual aberrations, chastity is the strangest.

That chastity of honour which felt a stain like a wound.

That chastity of honour which felt a stain like a wound.

A nun of winter's sisterhood kisses not more religiously; the
very ice of chastity is in them.

A nun of winter's sisterhood kisses not more religiously; the
very ice of chastity is in them.

I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth only in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with read more

I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth only in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with a purpose of perpetually keeping it: for then it is a most inhumane vice. - But I call that Virginity a virtue which is willing and desirous to yield itself upon honest and lawful terms, when just reason requireth; and until then, is kept with a modest chastity of body and mind.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

An unattempted lady could not vaunt of her chastity.

An unattempted lady could not vaunt of her chastity.