Matron Mistress

Famous quotes containing the words matron and/or mistress:

    Come, civil night,
    Thou sober-suited matron all in black.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Let me see, what am I to buy for our sheep-shearing feast? Three pound of sugar, five pound of currants, rice—what will this sister of mine do with rice? But my father hath made her mistress of the feast, and she lays it on.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)