Sc. 2_. SHAKESPEARE.
And be these juggling fiends no more believed,
That palter with us in a double sense;
That keep the word of promise to our ear,
And break it to our hope.
_Macbeth, Act v. Sc. 7_. SHAKESPEARE.
His promises were, as he then was, mighty;
But his performance, as he is now, nothing.
_King Henry VIII., Act iv. Sc. 2_. SHAKESPEARE.
There buds the promise of celestial worth.
_The Last Day, Bk. III_. DR. E. YOUNG.
Thy promises are like Adonis' gardens
That one day bloomed and fruitful were the next.
_King Henry VI., Pt. I. Act i. Sc. 6_. SHAKESPEARE.
QUARREL.
O, shame to men! devil with devil damned
Firm concord holds; men only disagree
Of creatures rational.
_Paradise Lost, Bk. II_. MILTON.
O we fell out, I know not why,
And kissed again with tears.
_The Princess_. A. TENNYSON.
What dire offence from amorous causes springs,
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
_Rape of the Lock, Canto I_. A. POPE.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel; but, being in,
Bear 't that the opposed may beware of thee.
_Hamlet, Act i. Sc. 3_. SHAKESPEARE.
Those who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
_Fables: The Mastiffs_.. J. GAY.
But greatly to find quarrel in a straw
When honor's at the stake.
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