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Vicissitude: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

Yet better thus, and known to be conterin'd, Than still contemn'd and flatter'd.— To be worst,

The lowest, and most dejected thing of fortune, Stands still in esperance, lives not in fear: The lamentable change is from the best; The worst returns to laughter. Welcome then, Thou unsubstantial air, that I embrace! The wretch, that thou hast blown unto the worst, Owes nothing to thy blasts.— K. L. iv. 1.

World, world, O world! But that thy strange mutations make us hate thee,— K. L. iv. 1.

Life would not yield to age.