No, no, my lord,
This milky gentleness and course of yours,
Though I condemn not, yet, under pardon,
You are much more at task for want of wisdom
Than praised for harmful mildness.
– William Shakespeare
King Lear, Act 1, Scene 4. Goneril sets about manipulating her husband Albany into going along with her scheme to reduce further Lear’s power and half his number of knights. She suggests that Albany is too mild-mannered and refers to his feminine-like quality of "milky gentleness." She also accuses him of being lacking in wisdom.