HAMLET: Is this a prologue, or the posy of a ring?
OPHELIA: ‘Tis brief, my lord.
HAMLET: As woman’s love.
– William Shakespeare
Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2. Hamlet is not a big believer in female fidelity. But his bitter remark is really directed towards his mother Gertrude, who has tainted his view of all women. An example of dramatic irony.