William Shakespeare Quotes
625 quotes
William Shakespeare
Master of human nature and the complexities of life
625 Quotes
Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me
— Antony and Cleopatra, Act V, Scene II
Boldness be my friend
— Cymbeline, Act 1, Scene 6
Present fears are less than horrible imaginings
— Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 3
My love is thine to teach. Teach it but how, and thou shalt see how apt it is to learn
— Much Ado About Nothing, Act V, Scene 1
Tempt not a desperate man
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Scene 3
Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting
— Henry V, Act 2, Scene 4
To die, to sleep—to sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there’s the rub
— Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1
What’s past is prologue
— The Tempest, Act II, Scene i
All that glisters is not gold
— The Merchant of Venice, Act 2, Scene 7
Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course
— Henry VI, Part 3, Act 3, Scene 1
Nothing will come of nothing
— King Lear, Act 1, Scene 1
Let not light see my black and deep desires
— Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 4
If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?
— The Merchant of Venice, Act 3, Scene 1
This above all: to thine own self be true
— Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3
O, reason not the need! Our basest beggars Are in the poorest thing superfluous
— King Lear, Act 2, Scene 4
All's well that ends well
— All's Well That Ends Well, Act 4, Scene 4
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving
— Othello, Act II, Scene III
The better sort, As malice grows, so goodness wants
— Coriolanus, Act 3, Scene 1
Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all
— Henry VI, Part II, Act III, Scene III
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all
— Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool
— As You Like It, Act V, Scene I
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt
— Measure for Measure, Act 1, Scene 4
Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 3
Neither rhyme nor reason can express how much
— As You Like It, Act 3, Scene 2
Poor and content is rich, and rich enough
— Othello, Act 3, Scene 3
Men at some time are masters of their fates
— Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2 (Cassius to Brutus)
O! for a falconer's voice, To lure this tassel-gentle back again
— Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II
They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps
— Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, Scene I
The better part of valour is discretion
— Henry IV, Part 1, Act 5, Scene 4
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
— Henry IV, Part 2, Act 3, Scene 1
The wheel is come full circle
— King Lear, Act 5, Scene 3
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!
— King John, Act 4, Scene 2
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more
— Henry V, Act 3, Scene 1
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once
— Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene II
If music be the food of love, play on
— Twelfth Night, Act I, Scene I
Hell is empty and all the devils are here
— The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends
— Henry VI, Part 1, Act 3, Scene 2
O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, That monthly changes in her circled orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable
— Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together
— All's Well That Ends Well, Act 4, Scene 3
Discretion is the better part of valor
— Henry IV, Part 1, Act 5, Scene 4
Brevity is the soul of wit
— Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2
Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar
— Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene I
What is past is prologue
— The Tempest, Act II, Scene i
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
— Othello, Act 2, Scene 3
The better the wine, the deeper the grief
— Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2, Scene 1 (Claudio)
O, brave new world that has such people in't
— The Tempest, Act 5, Scene 1
Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds
— Sonnet 116
Out, damned spot! out, I say!
— Macbeth, Act V, Scene I
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin
— Troilus and Cressida, Act 3, Scene 3
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows
— The Tempest, Act 2, Scene 2
O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention
— Henry V, Prologue
Unearned luck makes men proud and often their undoing
— Timon of Athens, Act I, Scene II
Something wicked this way comes
— Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 1
If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces
— The Merchant of Venice Act 1, Scene 2
My crown is in my heart, not on my head
— Henry VI, Part 3, Act 3, Scene 1
My salad days, when I was green in judgment, cold in blood
— Antony and Cleopatra, Act I, Scene V, Cleopatra
Heavy is the head that wears the crown
— King Henry IV, Part II, Act 3, Scene 1
O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright
— Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene V
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action
— Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2
When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools
— King Lear, Act 4, Scene 6
Unearned luck makes men proud and often their undoing
— Troilus and Cressida, Act 1, Scene 3
Lord, what fools these mortals be
— A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act III, Scene II
O, what men dare do! What men may do! What men daily do, not knowing what they do!
— Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4, Scene 1
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man
— King John, Act 3, Scene 4
The world’s mine oyster, which I with sword will open
— The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 2, Scene 2
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind
— Henry VI, Part 3, Act 5, Scene 6
Ripeness is all
— King Lear, Act 5, Scene 2
But mercy is above this sceptred sway
— The Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene I
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself
— Henry VIII, Act 1, Scene 1
So wise so young, they say, do never live long
— Richard III, Act 3, Scene 1
My heart is ever at your service
— Timon of Athens, Act I, Scene 2
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings
— Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2
How poor are they that have not patience!
— Othello, Act II, Scene iii
Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest
— Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 2
The time is out of joint: O cursed spite, That ever I was born to set it right
— Hamlet, Act I, Scene V
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
— Henry IV, Part 2, Act III, Scene I
The better part of valour is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life
— Henry IV, Part 1, Act 5, Scene 4
All things are ready, if our mind be so
— Henry V, Act 4, Scene 3
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so
— Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet are of imagination all compact
— A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V, Scene I
Self-love is the root of all evil
— King Henry V, Act II, Scene 4
Tis neither here nor there
— Othello, Act IV, Scene III
Strong reasons make strong actions
— King John, Act 3, Scene 4
Come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day
— Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 3
I am not bound to please thee with my answers
— The Merchant of Venice, Act 4, Scene 1
To gild refined gold, to paint the lily is wasteful and ridiculous excess
— King John, Act IV, Scene II
Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven
— Henry VI, Part 2, Act 4, Scene 7
Now God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair
— Henry VI, Part 2, Act 2, Scene 1
Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 3
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet
— Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II
Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head
— As You Like It, Act II, Scene i
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions
— Hamlet, Act IV, Scene V
Nothing comes from doing nothing
— King Lear, Act 1, Scene 1
My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; Words without thoughts never to heaven go
— Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 3
Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast
— The Comedy of Errors, Act 3, Scene 1
O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown
— Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them
— Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief
— Othello, Act 1, Scene 3
My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break
— The Taming of the Shrew, Act IV, Scene 3
Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life
— Troilus and Cressida, Act V, Scene III
Brevity is the soul of wit
— Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2
There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy
— Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5
Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear
— Henry VIII, Act I, Scene II
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on
— Othello, Act I, Scene III
Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 3
To thine own self be true
— Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3
Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent
— Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2, Scene 1
Words are easy, like the wind; faithful friends are hard to find
— The Passionate Pilgrim, Poem 21
To unpathed waters, undreamed shores
— The Winter’s Tale, Act 4, Scene 4
To do a great right, do a little wrong
— The Merchant of Venice, Act 4, Scene 1
A man can die but once
— Henry IV, Part 2, Act 3, Scene 2
Grief fills the room up of my absent child, lies in his bed, walks up and down with me
— King John, Act 3, Scene 4
We know what we are, but know not what we may be
— Hamlet, Act IV, Scene V
Conscience is but a word that cowards use, devised at first to keep the strong in awe
— Richard III, Act V, Scene 3
Expectation is the root of all heartache
— Othello, often quoted as a paraphrase but found in the original Quartos (misattributed in some editions),
You have witchcraft in your lips
— Henry V, Act 5, Scene 2
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more
— Macbeth, Act V, Scene 5
Strong reasons make strong actions
— King John, Act III, Scene iv
What says the world to your complexion?
— The Merchant of Venice, Act 2, Scene 7
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind
— A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 1, Scene 1
O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is!
— The Tempest, Act 5, Scene 1
The lady doth protest too much, methinks
— Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2
Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; Take honour from me, and my life is done
— Richard II, Act I, Scene III
All that glisters is not gold
— The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene VII
Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage
— Twelfth Night, Act I, Scene V
Fair is foul, and foul is fair
— Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 1
Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!
— King Lear, Act 3, Scene 2
The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?
— Measure for Measure, Act II, Scene II
Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind
— Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world
— The Merchant of Venice, Act 5, Scene 1
Many a true word hath been spoken in jest
— King Lear, Act 5, Scene 5
Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts
— King Henry VI, Part 3, Act IV, Scene V
What is the city but the people?
— Coriolanus, Act 3, Scene 1
O! what men dare do! what men may do! what men daily do, not knowing what they do!
— Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4, Scene 1
Neither a borrower nor a lender be
— Hamlet, Act I, Scene III
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together
— All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 4, Scene 3
The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power
— Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene 1
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more
— Henry V, Act III, Scene I
The lady doth protest too much, methinks
— Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2
He that filches from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him and makes me poor indeed
— Othello, Act III, Scene III
And yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays
— A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 3, Scene 1 (Bottom)
Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't
— Macbeth, Act I, Scene 5
There is no darkness but ignorance
— Twelfth Night, Act IV, Scene 2
If we are true to ourselves, we cannot be false to anyone
— Henry VIII, Act III, Scene 1
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child
— King Lear, Act 1, Scene 4
The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones
— Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene II
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't
— Hamlet, Act II, Scene II
My library was dukedom large enough
— The Tempest, Act I, Scene II
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child
— King Lear, Act I, Scene IV
To be, or not to be, that is the question
— Hamlet, Act III, Scene I
To weep is to make less the depth of grief
— Henry VI, Part III, Act II, Scene I
Heavy lies the head that wears the crown
— Henry IV, Part 2, Act III, Scene I
Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides
— King Lear, Act 1, Scene 1
Delay leads impotent and snail-paced beggary
— Venus and Adonis, Line 768
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall
— Measure for Measure, Act II, Scene 1
A merry heart goes all the day, your sad tires in a mile-a
— A Winter’s Tale, Act IV, Scene iii
The better the wine, the deeper the grief
— King Henry IV, Part II, Act II, Scene II
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief
— Othello, Act 1, Scene 3
There’s daggers in men’s smiles
— Macbeth, Act 2, Scene 3
Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments
— Sonnet 116
The miserable hath no other medicine, but only hope
— Measure for Measure, Act 3, Scene 1
I must be cruel only to be kind
— Hamlet, Act III, Scene 4
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man
— Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3
So wise so young, they say, do never live long
— Richard III, Act III, Scene I
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind
— Henry VI, Part 3, Act 5, Scene 6
There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face
— Macbeth (Act 1, Scene 4)
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
— Othello, Act 2, Scene 3
O world! thy slippery turns!
— Cymbeline, Act 4, Scene 3
I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition
— Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 7
A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!
— Richard III, Act 5, Scene 4
Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see; She has deceived her father, and may thee
— Othello, Act I, Scene iii
Men at some time are masters of their fates
— Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2
The miserable have no other medicine but only hope
— Measure for Measure, Act 3, Scene 1
Out, damned spot! out, I say!
— Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 1
I’ll teach you differences
— King Lear, Act 1, Scene 4
We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep
— The Tempest, Act 4, Scene 1
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me
— Richard II, Act 5, Scene 5
Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o’ the milk of human kindness
— Macbeth, Act I, Scene 5
Expectation is the root of all heartache
— Unattributed (commonly ascribed to Shakespeare, possibly paraphrased from Sonnet 118)
Now is the winter of our discontent
— Richard III, Act 1, Scene 1
What fools these mortals be
— A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III, Scene ii
Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word
— The Comedy of Errors, Act III, Scene II, Dromio of Syracuse
Men should be what they seem
— Othello, Act 3, Scene 3
My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go
— Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 3
Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
— Henry IV, Part 2, Act III, Scene I
The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance
— The Tempest, Act 5, Scene 1
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
— Henry IV, Part 2, Act 3, Scene 1
How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, seem to me all the uses of this world
— Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 2
O! that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew
— Hamlet, Act I, Scene ii
The miserable have no other medicine but only hope
— Measure for Measure, Act 3, Scene 1
Men of few words are the best men
— King Henry V, Act 3, Scene 2
Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings
— Richard II, Act 3, Scene 2
This above all: to thine own self be true
— Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players
— As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7
Disguise, I see, thou art a wickedness
— Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene 2
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving
— Othello, Act II, Scene III
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on
— Othello, Act 1, Scene 3
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit
— Twelfth Night, Act I, Scene V
Hast any philosophy in thee, shepherd?
— As You Like It, Act 3, Scene 2
I do love nothing in the world so well as you
— Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4, Scene 1
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise
— Troilus and Cressida, Act 2, Scene 2
O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention
— Henry V, Prologue
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees
— Othello, Act 2, Scene 3
The better the wine, the deeper the grief
— Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2, Scene 1
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose
— The Merchant of Venice, Act 1, Scene 3
Expectation is the root of all heartache
— Attributed to Shakespeare, commonly cited as a paraphrase or summary of themes in his work (see Sonnet 118 and Othello)
Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful
— A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act III, Scene i
There was a star danced, and under that was I born
— Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2, Scene 1
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool
— As You Like It, Act 5, Scene 1
A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser
— Henry IV, Part 2, Act 4, Scene 2
Out, damned spot! out, I say!
— Macbeth, Act V, Scene I
Journeys end in lovers meeting
— Twelfth Night, Act 2, Scene 3
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge
— Titus Andronicus, Act 1, Scene 2
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on
— Othello, Act 1, Scene 3
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt
— Measure for Measure, Act 1, Scene 4
Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more
— Macbeth, Act V, Scene V
Men of few words are the best men
— King Henry V, Act 3, Scene 2
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late
— The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 2, Scene 2
Strong reasons make strong actions
— King John, Act 3, Scene 4
This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, (often the surfeit of our own behavior,) we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars
— King Lear, Act 1, Scene 2 (Edmund)
The quality of mercy is not strained; it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath
— The Merchant of Venice, Act 4, Scene 1
Let us not burden our remembrance with a heaviness that's gone
— The Tempest, Act 5, Scene 1
Men shut their doors against a setting sun
— Timon of Athens, Act I, Scene II
Men shut their doors against a setting sun
— Timon of Athens, Act I, Scene 2
Sweets to the sweet
— Hamlet, Act V, Scene I
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall
— Measure for Measure, Act II, Scene I
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself
— Henry VIII, Act 1, Scene 1
I am a man more sinned against than sinning
— King Lear, Act 3, Scene 2
Some are punished because they are guilty; some because they are suspected; all because they are feared
— Measure for Measure, Act V, Scene 1
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee
— Sonnet 18
The golden age is before us, not behind us
— The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act V, Scene V
The course of true love never did run smooth
— A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 1, Scene 1
There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow
— Hamlet, Act V, Scene II
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
— Henry IV, Part 2, Act 3, Scene 1
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees
— Othello, Act 2, Scene 3
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends
— Henry VI, Part 1, Act 3, Scene 2
My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go
— Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 3
Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps
— Much Ado About Nothing, Act III, Scene 1
All offences come from the heart
— Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 7
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none
— All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 1, Scene 1
Words are easy, like the wind; faithful friends are hard to find
— Sonnet 66
Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time
— The Merchant of Venice, Act 1, Scene 1
Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!
— King Lear, Act III, Scene 2
Now, by my sword, I will kill all his coats; I’ll murder his wardrobe, piece by piece, until his body bare reveals my mighty wrath
— Henry IV, Part 1, Act 5, Scene 4
The golden age is before us, not behind us
— The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 4, Scene 5 (Ford)
My pride fell with my fortunes
— As You Like It, Act 1, Scene 2
I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it
— As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 4
I do desire we may be better strangers
— As You Like It, Act III, Scene II
O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes!
— As You Like It, Act V, Scene II
Oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse
— King John, Act 4, Scene 2
Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them
— Twelfth Night, Act 2, Scene 5
Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for love
— As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 1
Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings
— Richard II, Act 3, Scene 2
O, from this time forth, my thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth!
— Hamlet, Act IV, Scene IV
Misery makes strange bedfellows
— The Tempest, Act 2, Scene 2
Men are April when they woo, December when they wed
— As You Like It, Act IV, Scene I
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown
— Henry IV, Part 2, Act 3, Scene 1
There’s place and means for every man alive
— All's Well That Ends Well, Act 4, Scene 3
My pride fell with my fortunes
— As You Like It, Act I, Scene III
Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head
— As You Like It, Act II, Scene I
The better sort, As malice grows, so goodness wants
— Timon of Athens, Act 4, Scene 3 (Timon)
Poor and content is rich, and rich enough
— Othello, Act III, Scene III
The empty vessel makes the loudest sound
— Henry V, Act 4, Scene 4
The empty vessel makes the loudest sound
— Henry V, Act IV, Scene IV
If sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked!
— Henry IV, Part 1, Act II, Scene IV
Let every man be master of his time
— Macbeth, Act III, Scene I
T’is one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall
— Measure for Measure, Act II, Scene I
We know what we are, but know not what we may be
— Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends
— Henry VI, Part 1, Act III, Scene ii
A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!
— Richard III, Act 5, Scene 4
If sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked!
— Henry IV, Part 1, Act 2, Scene 4
Oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths
— Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 3
Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments
— Sonnet 116
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers
— Henry V Act 4, Scene 3
Come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day
— Macbeth, Act I, Scene III
I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at
— Othello, Act I, Scene I
Go to your bosom; Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know
— Measure for Measure, Act II, Scene II
Out, out, brief candle!
— Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5
We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep
— The Tempest, Act 4, Scene 1
The better part of Valour, is Discretion
— Henry IV, Part 1, Act 5, Scene 4
The lady doth protest too much, methinks
— Hamlet, Act III, Scene II
I am a man more sinned against than sinning
— King Lear, Act 3, Scene 2
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none
— All's Well That Ends Well, Act 1, Scene 1
I do profess to be no less than I seem
— King Lear, Act 1, Scene 4
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all
— Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1
If sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked!
— Henry IV, Part 1, Act 2, Scene 4
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on
— Othello, Act 1, Scene 3
My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go
— Hamlet, Act III, Scene 3
Conscience is but a word that cowards use, devised at first to keep the strong in awe
— Richard III, Act V, Scene iii
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water
— Henry VIII, Act IV, Scene II
Rumour is a pipe blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures
— Henry IV, Part 2, Act I, Scene I
What light through yonder window breaks?
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2
There is no darkness but ignorance
— Twelfth Night, Act 4, Scene 2
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players
— As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7
He jests at scars that never felt a wound
— Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II
What's done cannot be undone
— Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 1
There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune
— Julius Caesar, Act 4, Scene 3
Though she be but little, she is fierce
— A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 3, Scene 2
Strong reasons make strong actions
— King John, Act III, Scene 4
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself
— Henry VIII, Act I, Scene 1
Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings
— Richard II, Act 3, Scene 2
Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments
— Sonnet 116
All is well that ends well
— All’s Well That Ends Well, title and Act 4, Scene 4
If music be the food of love, play on
— Twelfth Night, Act 1, Scene 1
Men at some time are masters of their fates
— Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2
But screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we'll not fail
— Macbeth, Act I, Scene VII
Men at some time are masters of their fates
— Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2
Conscience does make cowards of us all
— Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1
Expectation is the root of all heartache
— Othello, Act 1, Scene 3 (unspoken; attributed as a summary of Roderigo’s lament)
We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep
— The Tempest, Act IV, Scene i
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends
— Henry VI, Part 1, Act III, Scene II
Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends
— Henry VI, Part I, Act III, Scene 2
There is no darkness but ignorance
— Twelfth Night, Act 4, Scene 2
My library was dukedom large enough
— The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2
Let not light see my black and deep desires
— Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 4
Expectation is the root of all heartache
— Attributed to Shakespeare (commonly referenced), though its direct source is debated
O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on
— Othello, Act III, Scene III
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise
— Troilus and Cressida, Act 2, Scene 2
There are no tricks in plain and simple faith
— Othello, Act 2, Scene 1
My only love sprung from my only hate
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 5
For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo
— Romeo and Juliet, Act V, Scene III
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child
— King Lear, Act 1, Scene 4
Let us not burden our remembrance with a heaviness that's gone
— The Tempest, Act V, Scene I
Men's eyes were made to look, and let them gaze; I will not budge for no man's pleasure, I
— Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene I
Boldness be my friend!
— Cymbeline (Act 1, Scene 6)
O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on
— Othello, Act III, Scene III
My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go
— Hamlet, Act III, Scene III
Conscience is but a word that cowards use, devised at first to keep the strong in awe
— Richard III, Act 5, Scene 3
Strong reasons make strong actions
— King John, Act 3, Scene 4
Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains
— Henry IV, Part 2, Act 2, Scene 3
To weep is to make less the depth of grief
— King Henry VI, Part III, Act 2, Scene 1
My library was dukedom large enough
— The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2
I do desire we may be better strangers
— As You Like It, Act 3, Scene 2
Let grief convert to anger; blunt not the heart, enrage it
— Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world
— The Merchant of Venice, Act 5, Scene 1
Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life
— Troilus and Cressida, Act 5, Scene 3
False face must hide what the false heart doth know
— Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 7
There is no darkness but ignorance
— Twelfth Night, Act 4, Scene 2
Fight till the last gasp
— Henry VI, Part I, Act 1, Scene 5
This is very midsummer madness
— Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene IV
Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all
— Henry VI, Part 2 (Act 3, Scene 3)
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises
— All's Well That Ends Well, Act II, Scene I
All debts are cleared between you and I, if I might but see you at my death
— Henry IV, Part 2, Act 2, Scene 2
The wish, that father, what the thought doth nurse
— Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3
Let not light see my black and deep desires
— Macbeth, Act I, Scene 4
The course of true love never did run smooth
— A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act I, Scene I
How like a winter hath my absence been From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year!
— Sonnet 97
Let not light see my black and deep desires
— Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 4
To die, to sleep—to sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there’s the rub
— Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1
Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; Take honour from me, and my life is done
— Richard II, Act I, Scene I
Men at some time are masters of their fates
— Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene II, Cassius to Brutus
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead
— Henry V, Act III, Scene I
The miserable have no other medicine but only hope
— Measure for Measure, Act 3, Scene 1
The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance
— The Tempest, Act 5, Scene 1
Men should be what they seem
— Othello, Act III, Scene 3
Let me be that I am and seek not to alter me
— Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1, Scene 3
Men at some time are masters of their fates
— Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene II
It is a wise father that knows his own child
— The Merchant of Venice, Act 2, Scene 2
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief
— Othello, Act 1, Scene 3
This above all: to thine own self be true
— Hamlet, Act I, Scene III
It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
— Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5
The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails
— The Winter's Tale, Act 2, Scene 2
Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast
— The Comedy of Errors, Act 3, Scene 1
Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word
— The Comedy of Errors, Act 3, Scene 1
There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy
— Hamlet, Act I, Scene 5
Men at some time are masters of their fates
— Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2
Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word
— The Comedy of Errors, Act 3, Scene 2 (Luciana)
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead
— Henry V, Act III, Scene I
The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance
— The Tempest, Act V, Scene 1
I will wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at
— Othello, Act 1, Scene 1
I’ll fight till from my bones my flesh be hacked
— Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 3
I am one who loved not wisely but too well
— Othello, Act V, Scene ii
But screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we'll not fail
— Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 7
Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course
— Henry VI, Part III, Act III, Scene I
O, for a horse with wings!
— Cymbeline, Act III, Scene iii
Neither a borrower nor a lender be
— Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3
O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright
— Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene 5
A jest's prosperity lies in the ear of him that hears it, never in the tongue of him that makes it
— Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, Scene II
The course of true love never did run smooth
— A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act I, Scene I
O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains
— Othello, Act 2, Scene 3
He jests at scars that never felt a wound
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2
So wise so young, they say, do never live long
— Richard III, Act 3, Scene 1
The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream
— Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2
How silver-sweet sound lovers’ tongues by night, Like softest music to attending ears
— Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II
All that glisters is not gold
— The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene 7
All that glisters is not gold
— The Merchant of Venice, Act 2, Scene 7
The rarer action is in virtue than in vengeance
— The Tempest, Act 5, Scene 1
Journeys end in lovers meeting
— Twelfth Night, Act 2, Scene 3
Be great in act, as you have been in thought
— King John, Act 5, Scene 1
Disguise, I see, thou art a wickedness
— Twelfth Night, Act 2, Scene 2
Let every man be master of his time
— Macbeth, Act 3, Scene 1
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together
— All’s Well That Ends Well (Act 4, Scene 3)
O, this learning, what a thing it is!
— The Taming of the Shrew, Act 1, Scene 2
Men’s evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water
— Henry VIII, Act 4, Scene 2
Be great in act, as you have been in thought
— King John, Act V, Scene I
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit
— Twelfth Night, Act 1, Scene 5
Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast
— The Comedy of Errors, Act III, Scene 1
O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes!
— As You Like It, Act V, Scene 2
It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
— Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5 (Macbeth’s soliloquy)
O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention
— Henry V, Prologue
Words without thoughts never to heaven go
— Hamlet, Act III, Scene 3
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee
— Sonnet 18
O! teach me how I should forget to think
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 1
Men’s vows are women’s traitors
— Cymbeline, Act 3, Scene 4
The time of life is short; to spend that shortness basely were too long
— Henry IV, Part 1, Act V, Scene 2
Expectation is the root of all heartache
— Attributed to Shakespeare (exact play debated, commonly quoted as his)
Expect not in others what you cannot ensure in yourself
— Troilus and Cressida, Act 3, Scene 3
The better part of me is soon to die, And all the better part of me is you
— Much Ado About Nothing, Act V, Scene I
So wise so young, they say, do never live long
— Richard III, Act III, Scene I
Parting is such sweet sorrow
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2
My crown is in my heart, not on my head
— Henry VI, Part 3, Act 3, Scene 1
There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently
— Much Ado About Nothing, Act V, Scene I
What light through yonder window breaks
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2
There’s daggers in men’s smiles
— Macbeth, Act 2, Scene 3
Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow
— Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II
Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow
— Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II
Let me be that I am and seek not to alter me
— Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1, Scene 3
What is done cannot be undone
— Macbeth, Act V, Scene 1
O, for a horse! with wings!
— Cymbeline, Act 3, Scene 2
My only love sprung from my only hate
— Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene 5
Men shut their doors against a setting sun
— Timon of Athens, Act I, Scene II
Let every man be master of his time
— Macbeth, Act 3, Scene 1
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind
— A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 1, Scene 1
I’ll not budge an inch
— The Taming of the Shrew, Induction, Scene 1
The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails
— The Winter's Tale, Act 2, Scene 2
My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go
— Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 3
O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention
— Henry V, Prologue
The better the wine, the deeper the grief
— Much Ado About Nothing, Act II, Scene I
So wise so young, they say, do never live long
— Richard III, Act III, Scene I
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises
— All's Well That Ends Well, Act II, Scene i
There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the face
— Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 4
My only love sprung from my only hate
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 5
There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow
— Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 2
So foul and fair a day I have not seen
— Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 3
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends
— Henry VI, Part 1, Act 3, Scene 2
O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains
— Othello, Act II, Scene III
There is no darkness but ignorance
— Twelfth Night, Act IV, Scene II
The more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly
— As You Like It, Act 1, Scene 2
To thine own self be true
— Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3
There is no virtue like necessity
— Richard II, Act I, Scene III
We are time’s subjects, and time bids be gone
— Henry IV, Part 2, Act 5, Scene 4
O, what a rash and bloody deed is this!
— Hamlet, Act III, Scene IV
Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast
— The Comedy of Errors, Act 3, Scene 1
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water
— Henry VIII, Act 4, Scene 2
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings
— Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene II
Fight till the last gasp
— Henry VI, Part 1, Act 1, Scene 2
My only love sprung from my only hate
— Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene V
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall
— Measure for Measure, Act 2, Scene 1
The quality of mercy is not strained; it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath
— The Merchant of Venice, Act 4, Scene 1
They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps
— Love's Labour's Lost, Act 5, Scene 1
If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work
— Henry IV, Part 1, Act I, Scene 2
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them
— Twelfth Night Act 2, Scene 5
There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently
— Much Ado About Nothing, Act V, Scene 1
My love is thine to teach. Teach it but how, and thou shalt see how apt it is to learn
— Much Ado About Nothing, Act V, Scene 2
The wish, that father, what the thought doth nurse
— Henry IV, Part II, Act IV, Scene V
O for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention
— Henry V, Prologue
If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces
— The Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene II
The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails
— The Winter’s Tale, Act 2, Scene 2
O, how full of briers is this working-day world!
— As You Like It, Act I, Scene III
Discretion is the better part of valour
— Henry IV, Part 1, Act 5, Scene 4
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers
— Henry V, Act 4, Scene 3
The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones
— Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 2
Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2
There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently
— Much Ado About Nothing, Act V, Scene I
It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
— Macbeth Act 5, Scene 5
Confusion now hath made his masterpiece
— Macbeth, Act II, Scene iii
Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2
There is no darkness but ignorance
— Twelfth Night, Act 4, Scene 2
The better part of valour is discretion
— Henry IV, Part 1, Act 5, Scene 4
O, that way madness lies; let me shun that; No more of that
— King Lear, Act 3, Scene 4
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends
— Henry VI, Part 1, Act 3, Scene 2
To be, or not to be, that is the question
— Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1
All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand
— Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 1
Let grief convert to anger; blunt not the heart, enrage it
— King Lear, Act 4, Scene 3
The readiness is all
— Hamlet, Act V, Scene 2
And thereby hangs a tale
— As You Like It, Act II, Scene vii
Unequal match’d! I am but one of many; I tell thee what, corporal: the man’s undone
— Henry IV, Part 1, Act 2, Scene 4
Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow
— Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene ii
Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life
— Troilus and Cressida Act 5, Scene 3
The tongues of men are full of deceits
— Henry VI, Part 2, Act 3, Scene 1
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together
— All’s Well That Ends Well, Act IV, Scene III
We cannot all be masters, nor all masters cannot be truly followed
— Othello, Act I, Scene I
This above all: to thine own self be true
— Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3
Hell is empty and all the devils are here
— The Tempest, Act I, Scene II
The better sort, As malice grows, so goodness wants
— King Henry VI, Part 2, Act 2, Scene 1
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows
— The Tempest, Act 2, Scene 2
Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar
— Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 1
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on
— Othello, Act 1, Scene 3
I was adored once too
— Twelfth Night (Act 2, Scene 3)
The readiness is all
— Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 2
Men’s evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water
— Henry VIII, Act IV, Scene 2
There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune
— Julius Caesar, Act IV, Scene III
There is no evil angel but Love
— Love's Labour's Lost, Act 4, Scene 3
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool
— As You Like It, Act V, Scene I
'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall
— Measure for Measure, Act II, Scene I
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered
— Cymbeline, Act 4, Scene 3
The better to be lowly born and range with humble livers in content, than to be perked up in a glistering grief and wear a golden sorrow
— Henry VIII, Act 2, Scene 3
Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!
— King Lear, Act III, Scene II
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together
— All's Well That Ends Well, Act 4, Scene 3
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief
— Othello, Act I, Scene iii
I cannot tell what you and other men think of this life; but, for my own part, I had as lief not be as live to be in awe of such a thing as myself
— Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene II
There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently
— Much Ado About Nothing, Act 5, Scene 1
The miserable have no other medicine but only hope
— Measure for Measure, Act 3, Scene 1
Now is the winter of our discontent
— Richard III, Act I, Scene I
There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow
— Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 2
I can no other answer make, but thanks, And thanks, and ever thanks
— Twelfth Night, Act 3, Scene 3
O, how full of briers is this working-day world!
— As You Like It, Act I, Scene III
Mistress, you know yourself, down on your knees, And thank Heaven, fasting, for a good man's love
— The Taming of the Shrew, Act V, Scene 2
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind
— A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 1, Scene 1 (Helena)
Men's eyes were made to look, and let them gaze
— Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene i
All's well that ends well
— All's Well That Ends Well (Title)
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together
— All's Well That Ends Well, Act 4, Scene 3
My meaning in saying he is a good man is to have you understand me that he is sufficient
— The Merchant of Venice, Act 1, Scene 3
Disguise, I see, thou art a wickedness
— Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene 2
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together
— All's Well That Ends Well, Act 4, Scene 3
For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo
— Romeo and Juliet, Act V, Scene 3
There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune
— Julius Caesar, Act 4, Scene 3
The time of life is short; to spend that shortness basely were too long
— Henry IV, Part I, Act V, Scene II
I am one who loved not wisely but too well
— Othello, Act 5, Scene 2
Parting is such sweet sorrow
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2
The rest is silence
— Hamlet, Act V, Scene 2
Brevity is the soul of wit
— Hamlet, Act 2, Scene 2
My salad days, when I was green in judgment, cold in blood
— Antony and Cleopatra, Act 1, Scene 5
Men of few words are the best men
— Henry V, Act III, Scene 2
Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them
— Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V
You cannot, sir, take from me anything that I will more willingly part withal: except my life, except my life, except my life
— Hamlet, Act II, Scene II
All things are ready, if our mind be so
— Henry V, Act 4, Scene 3
There are deeds of charity that may be done by those who are shut up in prison, and by those who are sick in bed
— Measure for Measure, Act 3, Scene 1
Our very eyes Are sometimes like our judgments, blind
— Love's Labour's Lost, Act 2, Scene 1
Let us be Diana's foresters, gentlemen of the shade, minions of the moon
— As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 1
The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones
— Julius Caesar, Act 3, Scene 2
Every why hath a wherefore
— The Comedy of Errors, Act 2, Scene 2
Poor and content is rich, and rich enough
— Othello, Act III, Scene III
Expectation is the root of all heartache
— Unattributed (commonly ascribed to Shakespeare, possibly from Sonnet 118 or elsewhere)
I do begin to have bloody thoughts
— The Tempest, Act 4, Scene 1
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself
— Henry VIII, Act I, Scene I
Now is the winter of our discontent
— Richard III, Act 1, Scene 1
Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast
— The Comedy of Errors, Act 3, Scene 1
Let us be Diana's foresters, gentlemen of the shade, minions of the moon
— As You Like It, Act I, Scene 1
We must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures
— Julius Caesar, Act 4, Scene 3
Journeys end in lovers meeting
— Twelfth Night, Act 2, Scene 3
Let not light see my black and deep desires
— Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 4
This is the short and the long of it
— The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act II, Scene II
Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast
— The Comedy of Errors, Act 3, Scene 1
He wears the rose of youth upon him
— Troilus and Cressida, Act III, Scene III
Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends
— Henry VI, Part 1, Act 3, Scene 2
Good night, good night! as sweet repose and rest come to thy heart as that within my breast
— Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II
He jests at scars that never felt a wound
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2
Men’s evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water
— Henry VIII, Act 4, Scene 2
The readiness is all
— Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 2
There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune
— Julius Caesar, Act 4, Scene 3
O brave new world that has such people in't
— The Tempest, Act 5, Scene 1
Expectation is the root of all heartache
— Attributed to Shakespeare (though not in canonical text, often linked with his themes)
We must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures
— Julius Caesar, Act 4, Scene 3
Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows
— The Tempest, Act II, Scene II, Trinculo
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players
— As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on
— Othello, Act 1, Scene 3
Lord, what fools these mortals be
— A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 3, Scene 2
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together
— All's Well That Ends Well, Act IV, Scene 3
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players
— As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII
Expectation is the root of all heartache
— Attributed to Shakespeare, though phrasing not found directly in his plays (common association: All’s Well That Ends Well)
I like this place and willingly could waste my time in it
— As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 4
If sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked!
— Henry IV, Part 1, Act II, Scene IV
Men at some time are masters of their fates
— Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2
The empty vessel makes the loudest sound
— Henry V, Act IV, Scene IV
False face must hide what the false heart doth know
— Macbeth, Act I, Scene VII
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit
— Twelfth Night, Act I, Scene V
The golden age is before us, not behind us
— The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 4, Scene 5
Discretion is the better part of valor
— Henry IV, Part 1, Act 5, Scene 4
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action
— Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2
All offences come from the heart
— Henry V, Act 4, Scene 1
Many a true word hath been spoken in jest
— King Lear, Act V, Scene iii
O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention
— Henry V, Prologue
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together
— All's Well That Ends Well, Act 4, Scene 3
Men of few words are the best men
— Henry V, Act 3, Scene 2
O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention
— Henry V, Prologue
Every why hath a wherefore
— The Comedy of Errors, Act 2, Scene 2
So wise so young, they say, do never live long
— Richard III, Act III, Scene 1
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings
— Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene II
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered
— Cymbeline, Act 4, Scene 3
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world
— The Merchant of Venice, Act 5, Scene 1
Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall
— Measure for Measure, Act 2, Scene 1
They stumble that run fast
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 3
But mercy is above this sceptred sway
— The Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene I
If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces
— The Merchant of Venice, Act I, Scene 2
This is the short and the long of it
— The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 2, Scene 2
Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings
— Richard II, Act 3, Scene 2
Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains
— Henry VI, Part III, Act V, Scene 1
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, and summer’s lease hath all too short a date
— Sonnet 18
Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head
— As You Like It, Act II, Scene I
Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; Take honour from me, and my life is done
— Richard II, Act I, Scene I
It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing
— Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5
My only love sprung from my only hate
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 5
O! that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew
— Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 2
So wise so young, they say, do never live long
— Richard III, Act III, Scene I
Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast
— The Comedy of Errors, Act III, Scene i
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them
— Twelfth Night, Act 2, Scene 5
Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 3
Men at some time are masters of their fates
— Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
— Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act 5, Scene 4
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them
— Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players
— As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7
Men at some time are masters of their fates
— Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene II
The readiness is all
— Hamlet, Act 5, Scene 2
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet are of imagination all compact
— A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 5, Scene 1
Hell is empty and all the devils are here
— The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2
There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune
— Julius Caesar, Act IV, Scene III
There is no virtue like necessity
— Richard II, Act 1, Scene 3
Parting is such sweet sorrow
— Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2
All men are bad, and in their badness reign
— Measure for Measure, Act V, Scene I
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall
— Measure for Measure, Act II, Scene I
The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief
— Othello, Act I, Scene iii
The empty vessel makes the loudest sound
— Henry V, Act 4, Scene 4
Disguise, I see thou art a wickedness
— Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene ii
As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport
— King Lear, Act 4, Scene 1
To be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus
— Macbeth, Act 3, Scene 1
O ruin’d piece of nature, this great world shall so wear out to nought
— King Lear, Act 4, Scene 6
Out, damned spot! out, I say!
— Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 1
The better part of valour is discretion
— Henry IV, Part 1, Act 5, Scene 4
The empty vessel makes the loudest sound
— Henry V, Act 4, Scene 4
Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't
— Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 5
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together
— All's Well That Ends Well, Act IV, Scene III
All men are bad, and in their badness reign
— Timon of Athens, Act 4, Scene 3