...entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. As, first the infant, Mewing and puking in the nurse's arms. And then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like a snail Unwillingly to school. (As You Like It, E, 7) Such consistency...

...men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages. At first the...And then the whining school-boy with his satchel and shining morning face, creeping like a snail unwillingly to school. And then the lover, sighing like...