William Shakespeare Quotes
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Each present joy or sorrow seems the chief.
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An honest man, sir, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not.
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A knot you are of damned bloodsuckers.
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O you beast! I'll so maul you and your toasting-iron, That you shall think the devil is come from hell.
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Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day And make me travel forth without my cloak, To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way, Hiding they brav'ry in their rotten smoke?
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
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There's rosemary and rue. These keep Seeming and savor all the winter long. Grace and remembrance be to you.
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A sad tale's best for winter. I have one of sprites and goblins.
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And be these juggling friends no more believ'd, That palter with us in a double sense; That keep the word of promise to our ear And break it to our hope.
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Thanks to men Of noble minds, is honorable meed.
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Music, moody food Of us that trade in love.
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It is meant that noble minds keep ever with their likes; for who so firm that cannot be seduced.
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But here's the joy: my friend and I are one, Sweet flattery!
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The devil shall have his bargain; for he was never yet a breaker of proverbs--he will give the devil his due.
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What's the newest grief? Each minute tunes a new one.
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For death remembered should be like a mirror, Who tells us life’s but breath, to trust it error.
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Small things make base men proud.
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Be merry; you have cause, so have we all, of joy; for our escape is much beyond our loss . . . . then wisely weigh our sorrow with our comfort.
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If our virtues did not go forth of us, it were all alike as if we had them not.
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Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn but I shall have my pocket picked?
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Then imitate the action of the tiger; stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.
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What must be shall be.
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I told you, sir, they were red-hot with drinking; so full of valor that they smote the air, for breathing in their faces, beat the ground for kissing of their feet.
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Heaven truly knows that thou art false as hell.