William Shakespeare 
Shakespeare Day-by-Day [PDF ebook] 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. January Fourth<br><br>Lets take the instant by the forward top;<br>For we are old, and on our quick’st decrees<br>The inaudible and noiseless foot of Time<br>Steals ere we can effect them.<br><br>All’s Well That Ends Well, V. iii.<br><br>January Fifth<br><br>Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, <br>Thou dost not bite so nigh<br>As benefits forgot;<br>Though thou the waters warp, <br>Thy sting is not so sharp<br>As friend remember’d not.<br><br>As You Like It, II. vii.<br><br>January Sixth<br><br>Nature hath fram’d strange fellows in her time:<br>Some that will evermore peep through their eyes<br>And laugh like parrots at a bag-piper, <br>And other of such vinegar aspect<br>That they’ll not show their teeth in way of smile, <br>Though Nestor swear the jest be laughable.<br><br>Merchant of Venice, I. i.