Let none presume To wear an undeserved dignity. O that estates, degrees, and offices Were not derived corruptly, and that clear honour Were purchased by the merit of the wearer!
We think, sometimes, there’s not a dragon left. Not one brave knight, not a single princess gliding through secret forests. . . What a pleasure to be wrong. Princesses, knights, enchantments and dragons, mystery and adventure. . . not only are they here-and-now, they’re all that ever lived on earth!