Act III, scene 1. Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary. Amos Bronson Alcott, Concord Days (1872), p. 124. This quote is often misattributed

Divination seems heightened and raised to its highest power in woman. Amos Bronson Alcott, Concord Days (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1872), "Woman", p. 253

doublet; so every man has a religion. We differ about the trimming. John Selden, Table Talk (Ed. 1696), p. 157. [Lord Shaftesbury said] "All wise men are