"Why, man, if the river were dry, I am able to fill it with my tears; if the wind were down, I could drive the boat with my sighs." - Launce Act II Sc. III
"At first I did adore a twinkling star,
But now I worship a celestial sun." - Proteus Act II Sc. VI
"What light is light, if Silvia be not seen?
What joy is joy, if Silvia be not by?
Unless it be to think that she is by,
And feed upon the shadow of perfection.
Except I be by Silvia in the night,
There is no music in the nightingale;
Unless I look on Silvia in the day,
There is no day for me to look upon:
She is my essence; and I leave to be,
If I be not by her fair influence
Foster'd, illumined, cherish'd, kept alive.
I fly not death, to fly his deadly doom:
Tarry I heare, I but attend on death:
But, fly I hence, I fly away from life." - Valentine Act III Sc. I
"Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that,
And manage it against desparing thoughts." - Proteus Act III Sc. I
