| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 832 |
| AUTHOR: | William Shakespeare (15641616) |
| QUOTATION: | Let still the woman take An elder than herself: so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husbands heart: For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than womens are. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 4. [text] |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection. |
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