John Webster, The White Devil Quotes
What a strange creature is a laughing fool, As if a man were created to no useBut only to show his teeth.
Princes give rewards with their own hands, But death or punishment by the hands of other.
O that I were a man, or that I had powerTo execute my apprehended wishes!I would whip some with scorpions.
Take it for words. O woman’s poor revenge, Which dwells but in the tongue!
As in this world there are degrees of evils, So in this world there are degrees of devils.
Condemn you me for that the duke did love me?So may you blame some fair and crystal river, For that some melancholic distracted manHath drowned himself in’t.
