Proof of Love
I swear by that which I will lose for thee,
To prove him false that says I love thee not.
–A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Act III, Scene ii

I swear by that which I will lose for thee,
To prove him false that says I love thee not.
–A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Act III, Scene ii

As easy might I from myself depart
As from my soul, which in thy breast doth lie:
That is my home of love…
For nothing this wide universe I call,
Save thou, my rose; in it thou art my all.
–Sonnet CIX (109)

Is this the generation of love? Hot blood, hot
thoughts, and hot deeds? Why, they are vipers:
is love a generation of vipers?
-Troilus and Cressida,
Act III, Scene i

He eats nothing but does, love, and that breeds hot
blood, and hot blood begets hot thoughts, and hot
thoughts beget hot deeds, and hot deeds is love.
-Troilus and Cressida,
Act III, Scene i

Give me one kiss, I’ll give it thee again,
And one for interest, if thou wilt have twain.
–Venus and Adonis

Not like to me, or any of my kin, and yet I love him.
—Richard II,
Act V, Scene ii