I have unclasp'd to thee the book even of my secret soul.

“To die, is to be banish'd from myself; And Silvia is myself: banish'd from her,…”

“Dame los puñales; los que duermen y los muertos no son sino sombras; únicamente…”

“Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.”

“Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.”