Timely Retort
Marry, sir, you must send the ass upon the horse,
for he is very slow-gaited.
—Love’s Labour’s Lost,
Act III, Scene i

Marry, sir, you must send the ass upon the horse,
for he is very slow-gaited.
—Love’s Labour’s Lost,
Act III, Scene i

A message well sympathized;
a horse to be ambassador for an ass.
—Love’s Labour’s Lost,
Act III, Scene i

Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!
–King Lear,
Act II, Scene ii

Thy tongue outvenoms all the worms of Nile.
–Cymbeline,
Act III, Scene iv

You are as a candle, the better part burnt out.
-Henry IV Part 2,
Act I, Scene ii

Thou art the Mars of malcontents.
–Merry Wives of Windsor,
Act I, Scene iii

He was but as the cuckoo is in June,
Heard, not regarded.
–Henry IV Part 1,
Act III, Scene ii