Friar Lawrence

• "Wisely and slow, they stumble that run fast"


  Act 2, scene 3 - warns Romeo of the dangers of falling quickly in love
• "This alliance may...turn your households' rancour to pure love"


  Act 2, scene 3 - promises to help in the hope it will resolve the family feuds
• "These violent delights have violent ends"


  Act 2, scene 6 - links to prologue
• "Thy tears are womanish"


  Act 3, scene 3 - patriarchy
• "The most you sought was her promotion"


  Act 4, scene 5 - gently chiding Capulet by saying he used her to get a better place in society for himself
• "Myself condemned and myself excused"


  Act 5, scene 3 - admits his role in their death while acknowledging that humans can't interfere with fate