Objects in the Rearview Mirror
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone
Is the next way to draw new mischief on.
–Othello,
Act I, Scene iii

To mourn a mischief that is past and gone
Is the next way to draw new mischief on.
–Othello,
Act I, Scene iii

I must not break my back to heal his finger.
–Timon of Athens,
Act II, Scene ii

No legacy is so rich as honesty.
–All’s Well That Ends Well,
Act III, Scene v

Thy love is better than high birth to me,
Richer than wealth, prouder than garments’ cost.
—Sonnet XC (91)

Care keeps his watch in every old man’s eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuff’d brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
–Romeo and Juliet,
Act II, Scene iii

I have heard it said, unbidden guests
Are often welcomest when they are gone.
–Henry VI Part 1,
Act II, Scene II

O, then, beware;
Those wounds heal ill that men do give themselves:
Omission to do what is necessary
Seals a commission to a blank of danger.
–Troilus and Cressida,
Act III, Scene iii