The Taming of the Shrew

by William Shakespeare

And do as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.

Though little fire grows great with little wind, Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.

No profit grows where is no pleasure ta’en: These words are an adaptation of Horace’s celebrated comment, which was the foundation of Renaissance aesthetics: Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci – the most successful artist is the man who has contrived to mix the pleasurable with the instructive (Ars Poetica, 343).