Moreover, Antonio also has other resources besides his ships.
Antonio also responds to Solanio’s suggestion that perhaps it is love (specifically meaning unrequited or unreturned love) that is the root of Antonio’s sadness. Again, Antonio tells them that this is not the reason. So, finally Solanio accepts the notion that Antonio is sad without any apparent reason: “you are sad because you are not merry” (47-48). Solanio philosophically adds thathappiness and sadnessare just two aspects of human nature that can exist in unequal proportions in any given individual. Some people are always laughing (“evermore peep through their eyes”) while other people are always gloomy (having a “vinegar aspect”). Solanio uses the image of the Roman godJanus, who was depicted as having two faces on both sides of his head, to indicate that happiness and sadness are just two aspects of an individual (at line50).
Janus