I wish the ides of February could have been a bigger success, Tom. It is never politically astute, however, to play too great a king of Scotland around that time of the year.
"I have lived long enough: my way of life
Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf;
And that which should accompany old age,
As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends,
I must not look to have; but, in their stead,
Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath,
Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not."
Shakespeare - Macbeth - Act 5, Scene 3 |
