In spite of my teeth

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Trick to catch the Old One (1605), act i, sc. 2..

English (original)

In spite of my teeth.

— Thomas Middleton

Beat all your feathers as flat down as pancakes.

From thousands of our undone widows One may derive some wit.

That disease Of which all old men sicken,—avarice.

Wilt make haste to give up thy verdict because thou wilt not lose thy dinner.

’Tis slight, not strength, that gives the greatest lift.

How many honest words have suffered corruption since Chaucer’s days!