Renaissance Quotes

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.

Thy  gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses,
Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies
Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, --
In folly ripe, in reason rotten.

Thy belt of straw and ivy buds,
The coral clasps and amber studs,
All these in me no means can move
To come to thee and be thy love.

But could youth last and love still breed,
Had joys no date nor age no need,
Then these delights my mind might move
To live with thee and be thy love.

I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.

If though be'st born to strange sights,
  Things invisible to see,
Ride ten thousand days and nights,
  Till age snow white hairs on thee,
Thou, when though return'st, wilt tell me
All strange wonders that befell thee,
     And swear
     Nowhere
Lives a woman true, fair.