Molly Schaefer

“Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more.
Men were deceivers ever,
One foot in sea, and one on shore,
To one thing constant never.
Then sigh not so, but let them go,
And be you blithe and bonny,
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into hey nonny, nonny.

Sing no more ditties, sing no more
Of dumps so dull and heavy.
The fraud of men was ever so
Since summer first was leafy.
Then sigh not so, but let them go,
And be you blithe and bonny,
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into hey, nonny, nonny.”
― William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing

“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

“If I be waspish, best beware my sting.”
― William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew

“You were made perfectly to be loved and surely I have loved you in the idea of you my whole life long. ”
― Elizabeth Barrett Browning