Hamlet
Act 1, Sc. 3, lines 65-81: What ideas are conveyed about the character of Polonius through his words?
"Beware Of entrance to quarrel, but, being in, Bear 't that th' opposéd may beware of thee. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice. Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy (rich, not gaudy), For the apparel oft proclaims the man, And they in France of the best rank and station Are of a most select and generous chief in that. For loan oft loses both itselfand friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Farewell. My blessing season this in thee." ~ Polonius