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Espousals: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

Let still the woman take An elder than herself, so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, Shakesprarian Dictionary.

More longing, wavering, sooner lost and won, Than women's are.— T. N. ii. 4

Then let thy love be younger than thyself, Or thy affection cannot hold the bent: For women are as roses, whose fair flower, Being once display'd, doth fall that very hour. T. N. ii.