Romeo And Juliet - Friar Laurence Always Intended The Best

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to the hastiness of the wedding;
These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumphs die, like fire and powder
Which as they kiss, consume. The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in its own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite
Therefor love moderately, long love doth so;
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. (II, VI)

These words aimed directly at Romeo mean that with the metaphor "The sweetest honey/Is loathsome in its own deliciousness" is that something so sweet can become sickly and you could quickly lose your appetite for it. Initially the Friar is trying to convince Romeo that Juliet would be something he would grow out of ie. like his love for Rosaline. In the last two lines of the quote, the Friar is trying to convince Romeo that nothing as important as love and marriage should not be jumped into when it could be done just as slow to be confident that the right decision is made leaving no room for regrets. After conversing with Romeo of the ...

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is an example of this when Romeo is banished and the Friar tells Romeo to go to his bride and spend their wedding night together and he sort out for Romeo, the banishment ordeal and organise a place for him to stay in Mantua while the Friar continues his plea for Romeo banishment to be revoked;

Ascend to her, hence comfort her.
But look thou stay not till the watch be set,
For then thou canst not pass to Mantua.
Where thou shalt live till we can find a time
To blaze your marriage, reconcile you friends,
Beg pardon of the Prince, and call thee back (III, III)

No matter what Friar Laurence suggested or tried to accomplish, the audience knew it was never meant to be as fate always ...

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