āAlthough the last, not least.ā
āGet thee to a nunnery.ā
āWolves and bears, they say, casting their savagery aside, have done like offices of pity.ā
āWhat, no more ceremony? See, my women! Against the blown rose may they stop their nose That kneel'd unto the buds.ā
āI am not bound to please thee with my answer.ā
āAway, you cut-purse rascal! you filthy bung, away! By this wine, I'll thrust my knife in your mouldy chaps, an you play the saucy cuttle with me. Away, you bottle-ale rascal! you basket-hilt stale juggler, you!ā
āMy life, my joy, my food, my ail the world!ā
āSmall to greater matters must give way.ā
āThe arts are essenĀtial to any comĀplete national life. The State owes it to itself to susĀtain and encourĀage them. [...] Ill fares the race which fails to salute the arts with the revĀerĀence and delight which are their due.ā