Ay, those attires are best: but, gentle nurse,
For I have need of many orisons
To move the heavens to smile upon my state,
Which, well thou know’st, is cross, and full of sin.
– William Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, Act 4, Scene 3. Juliet pretends to the Nurse to take an interest in the selection of her wedding outfit. In reality she is deceiving the Nurse and has no intention of going through with the marriage to Paris.