William Shakespeare Quotes
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It is the very error of the moon; She comes more nearer earth than she was wont, And makes men mad.
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O constancy, be strong upon my side, Set a huge mountain 'tween my heart and tongue! I have a man's mind, but a woman's might.
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Why, what is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust? And, live we how we can, yet die we must.
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Fear not, Cesario, take thy fortunes up. Be that thou know'st thou art and then thou art as great as that thou fear'st.
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To beguile the time, look like the time.
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I have of late--but wherefore I know not--lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercise.
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I hope to see London once ere I die.
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My love admits no qualifying dross.
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What made me love thee? let that persuade thee, there's something extraordinary in thee
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Therefore it is most expedient for the wise, if Don Worm (his conscience) find no impediment to the contrary, to be the trumpet of his own virtues, as I am to myself.
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Benvolio- "By my head, here come the Capulets." Mercutio- "By my heel, I care not.
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Shine out fair sun, till I have bought a glass, That I may see my shadow as I pass.
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Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.
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The deep of night is crept upon our talk, And Nature must obey necessity.
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One half of me is yours, the other half is yours, Mine own, I would say; but if mine, then yours, And so all yours.
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No villainous bounty yet hath passed my heart; Unwisely, not ignobly, have I given.
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It is a wise father that knows his own child.
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Now, neighbor confines, purge you of your scum! Have you a ruffian that will swear, drink, dance, revel the night, rob, murder, and commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways?
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For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood: I only speak right on; I tell you that which you yourselves do know.
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I am not in the giving vein today.
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How long a time lies in one little word?
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The moon shines bright. In such a night as this. When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees and they did make no noise, in such a night.
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O, let me kiss that hand! KING LEAR: Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality.
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Speak low, if you speak love.