Date: 1597

"As if this flesh, which walls about our life, / Were brass impregnable."

— Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Date: 1597

"Uncle, even in the glasses of thine eyes / I see thy grieved heart."

— Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Date: 1597

"With the eyes of heavy mind / I see thy glory, like a shooting star, / Fall to the base earth from the firmament."

— Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Date: 1597

"My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, / And every tongue brings in a several tale, / And every tale condemns me for a villain."

— Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Date: 1598

"The mind shall banquet, though the body pine."

— Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Date: 1598

"Henceforth my wooing mind shall be expressed / In russet yeas, and honest kersey noes."

— Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Date: 1598

"As you shall deem yourself lodged in my heart , / Though so denied fair harbour in my house. "

— Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Date: 1598

"His heart like an agate with your print impressed, / Proud with his form, in his eye pride expressed."

— Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Date: 1598

"Most maculate thoughts, master, are masked under / such colours."

— Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Date: 1598

"Those thoughts to me were oaks, to thee like osiers bowed."

— Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)