Juliet complains that the man she loves has the wrong name, and the man she loves hears her doing it.

John Gay reflects that in matters of friendship, quality is preferable to quantity.

A destitute and friendless farmer, turned from the tradesman’s entrance, tries his luck at the front door.

Like the ideal Christian, the ideal teacher is one who spreads joy in everything, great or small.

A charming children’s rhyme that is also a test of the clearest speaker’s diction.

On a visit to England in 1599, Swiss doctor Thomas Platter found time to pop across the Thames and take in a show.