Powerful Love
O powerful Love, that in some respects
makes a beast a man, in some other a man a beast.
— Merry Wives of Windsor,
Act V, Scene v

O powerful Love, that in some respects
makes a beast a man, in some other a man a beast.
— Merry Wives of Windsor,
Act V, Scene v

Perforce, against all cheques, rebukes and manners
I must advance the colours of my love.
–The Merry Wives of Windsor,
Act III, Scene iv

Well, heaven knows how I love you; and you shall one day find it.
–The Merry Wives of Windsor,
Act III, Scene iii

What made me love thee? Let that persuade thee
There’s something extraordinary in thee…
I love thee; none but thee; and thou deserves it.
–The Merry Wives of Windsor,
Act III, Scene iii

Love like a shadow flies when substance love pursues;
Pursuing that that flies, and flying what pursues.
–Merry Wives of Windsor,
Act II, Scene ii

Ask me no reason why I love you;
For though Love use reason for his physician,
He admits him not for his counsellor.
–Merry Wives of Windsor,
Act II, Scene i

In love the heavens themselves do guide the state.
–Merry Wives of Windsor,
Act V, Scene v