Hal, if I tell thee a lie, spit in my face, call me horse.

What is honour? a word. What is in that word honour? what is that honour? air. A trim reckoning! Who hath it? he that died o' Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no.

O monstrous! eleven buckram men grown out of two!

Falstaff is very demanding vocally but dramatically it is something to get my teeth into. I'm really looking forward to that.

Never retire. Michelangelo was carving the Rondanini just before he died at eighty-nine. Verdi finished his opera Falstaff at eighty.

Alas, how love can trifle with itself!