Ros. By no means, Sir. Time travels in diverse paces with diverse persons. I’ll tell you who Time ambles withal, who Time trots withal, who Time gallops withal, and who he stands still withal.
Orla. I pr’y thee whom doth he trot withal?
Ros. Marry, he trots hard with a young maid, between the contract of her marriage, and the day it is solemnized: if the interim be but a se’ennight, Time’s pace is so hard that it seems the length of seven years.
Orla. Who ambles Time withal?
Ros. With a priest that lacks Latin, and a rich man that hath not the gout: for the one sleeps easily, because he cannot study; and the other lives merrily, because he feels no pain: the one lacking the burden of lean and wasteful learning; the other knowing no burthen of heavy tedious penury. These Time ambles withal.
Orla. Whom doth he gallop withal?
Ros. With a thief to the gallows: for though he go as softly as foot can fall, he thinks himself too soon there.
Orla. Whom stays it still withall?
Ros. With lawyers in the vacation; for they sleep between term and term, and then they perceive not how Time moves.
As you like it, act 3. sc. 8.