cribing The Ghost as "a figure like your father [the late King Hamlet], Armed at points exactly,"
             "...A COUNTANCE MORE IN SORROW THAN IN ANGER"
             "...THE PRIMROSE PATH OF DALLIANCE"
             "...NEITHER A BORROWER NOR LENDER BE" Polonius also advises that Ophelia would be wise to "Neither a borrower, nor a lender be;" because "For loan oft loses both itself and friend, [in loans one often loses oneself and friend] And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry" Laertes warns.
             "...THIS ABOVE ALL: TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE" Famously, Polonius tells his daughter, "This above all [above all else]: to thine own self be true," (be true to yourself)
             "...SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF DENMARK"
             "...MORE HONORED IN THE BREACH THAN THE OBSERVANCE" Hamlet says this himself with the line, "though I am native here [born in Denmark] And to the manner born,-it is a custom More honour'd [honored] in the breach [by not performing it] than the observance [performing the custom]" (def.2)-Hamlet says that the Danish practice of blowing trumpets and shooting off cannon to celebrate their own drinking is (quote). This phrase does NOT mean that the custom is widely ignored or given only lip-service. Hamlet is saying, " Yes, it is a long-standing custom for we Danes to make a lot of noise when we drink, but the best way we could do honor to that custom would be to drop it." Its like telling someone that he has nice teeth when his mouth is closed.
             "...MURDER MOST FOUL" The Ghost goes on to describe his murder as "Murder most foul, as in the best it is; But this most foul, strange and unnatural"
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