Act 2, Scene 6: Friar Lawrence on Love

Prompt A:
As Friar Lawrence tells Romeo and Juliet, "The sweetest honey/Is loathsome in his own deliciousness/And in the taste confounds the appetite/Therefore love moderately. Long love doth so/Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow", it reminds me of how much of life's seemingly good things, such as money or sugar, is detrimental when in excess and the need for it fades.  Usually when something desirable is obtained in large amounts, one becomes sick of it and the demand for it decreases.  This quote can be applied in daily life, as this is the foundation of how the supply-and-demand system works.  As people want something, like how Romeo and Juliet want love, they request it a lot, but when they have too much of it, they get bored and waste it.  Friar Lawrence gives good advice, not only to Romeo and Juliet, but to everyday people, that pacing oneself with desirables will make their enjoyment last longer and keep oneself from overdosing and throwing away things so easily.