William Shakespeare on Constancy
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“He that parts us shall bring a brand from heaven, And fire us hence like foxes.”
“Now from head to foot I am marble-constant: now the fleeting moon No planet is of mine.”
“Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, Men were deceivers ever, One foot in sea and one on shore; To one thing constant never.”
“O constancy, be strong upon my side, Set a huge mountain 'tween my heart and tongue! I have a man's mind, but a woman's might.”
“O heaven! were man But constant, he were perfect. That one error Fills him with faults; makes him run through all the sins: Inconstancy falls off ere it begins.”
“I would have men of such constancy put to sea, that their business might be everything and their intent everywhere; for that's it that always makes a good voyage of nothing.”
“If ever thou shalt love, In the sweet pangs of it remember me; For such as I am all true lovers are; Unstaid and skittish in all motions else, Save in the constant image of the creature That is belov'd.”
“I could be well moved if I were as you; If I could pray to move, prayers would move me; But I am constant as the northern star, Of whose true fix'd and resting quality There is no fellow in the firmament.”