And, by marriage, end them? To wed, to doubt

No more, and by that act to say we end

The heart-ache, and the thousand well-planned tricks

Of enterprising mothers! ’tis a consummation

Devoutly to be wished. To wed—to enrich

The tradesmen, and to feed bad servants!

To wed, perchance, a spend thrift! ay, there’s the rub;

For to what sort of wife we may be mated

When we have shuffled off our bachelorhood,

Must give us pause.——There’s the respect