And sometimes people don't misquote Shakespeare, they quote him too literally. In "Macbeth" when Hecate tells the three hags great business must be wrought ere Noon, she didn't mean important business should be done in the morning. She meant they were meeting Macbeth the next day in the morning. Also thrift, thrift Horatio isn't budgeting advice. Hamlet was joking. His mother married so quickly after his father's death, the meats baked for the funeral could be served as cold cuts at the wedding. Right or wrong, though, those are both still good advice though. However when Portia's husband insisted on paying her after the trial in the "Merchant of Venice", and she said he is well paid that is well satisfied, she meant that. That every deed is it's own reward. She was embarrassed her husband didn't know it was her. But then she played a joke. She said, well give me your ring. Because you said I could have anything. Antonio promised he would only take off the ring for his future wife. But Portia revealed at the end of the play, he kept his promise. Because the young doctor of law was actually her. BTW why didn't he recognize his own wife? She was only wearing a cap. Just like Clark Kent, Lois Lane and the glasses. Is that all it takes to fool your partner?
