For quiet days, fair issue and long life,
With such love as ’tis now, the murkiest den,
The most opportune place, the strong’st suggestion.
Our worser genius can, shall never melt
Mine honour into lust, to take away
The edge of that day’s celebration
When I shall think: or Phoebus’ steeds are foundered,
Or Night kept chained below.
– William Shakespeare
The Tempest, Act 4, Scene 1. Ferdinand says this in reply to Prospero advising him not to take advantage of Miranda’s innocence before marriage. Ferdinand says that he just wants quiet days, good children and long life. He promises that his honor will not melt into lust.