Mistress Quickly

Mistress Quickly is an inn-keeper who appears in four plays by William Shakespeare:

  • Henry IV, Part 1
  • Henry IV, Part 2
  • Henry V
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor


Famous quotes containing the words mistress and/or quickly:

    “God bless the master of this house,
    Likewise the mistress too:”
    —Unknown. God Bless the Master of This House (l. 1–2)

    “Because one has little fear of shocking vanity in Italy, people adopt an intimate tone very quickly and discuss personal things.”
    —Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)