The course of true love never did run smooth...

LYSANDER
Ay me! for aught that I could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history,
The course of true love never did run smooth;
But, either it was different in blood,—

HERMIA
O cross! too high to be enthrall'd to low.

LYSANDER
Or else misgraffed in respect of years,—

HERMIA
O spite! too old to be engaged to young.

LYSANDER
Or else it stood upon the choice of friends,—

HERMIA
O hell! to choose love by another's eyes.

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Act 1, Scene 1, line 132-140

William Shakespeare