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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| Page 153 |
| William Shakespeare. (1564–1616) (continued) |
| 1796 |
| Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul, But I do love thee! and when I love thee not, Chaos is come again. 1 |
| Othello. Act iii. Sc. 3. |
| 1797 |
| Speak to me as to thy thinkings, As thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughts The worst of words. |
| Othello. Act iii. Sc. 3. |
| 1798 |
| Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; ’t is something, nothing; ’T was mine, ’t is his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed. |
| Othello. Act iii. Sc. 3. |
| 1799 |
| O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on. |
| Othello. Act iii. Sc. 3. |
| 1800 |
| But, O, what damned minutes tells he o’er Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly 2 loves! |
| Othello. Act iii. Sc. 3. |
| 1801 |
| Poor and content is rich and rich enough. |
| Othello. Act iii. Sc. 3. |
| 1802 |
| To be once in doubt Is once to be resolv’d. |
| Othello. Act iii. Sc. 3. |
| 1803 |
| If I do prove her haggard, Though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings, I ’ld whistle her off and let her down the wind, To prey at fortune. |
| Othello. Act iii. Sc. 3. |
| 1804 |
| I am declined Into the vale of years. |
| Othello. Act iii. Sc. 3. |
| Note 1. For he being dead, with him is beauty slain, And, beauty dead, black chaos comes again. Venus and Adonis. [back] |
| Note 2. ”Fondly” in Singer and White; “soundly” in Staunton. [back] |
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