William Shakespeare Quotes
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Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?
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But virtue never will be mov'd, Though lewdness court it in a shape of heaven.
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My pride fell with my fortunes.
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When workmen strive to do better than well, they do confound their skill in covetousness.
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Time's the king of men; he's both their parent, and he is their grave, and gives them what he will, not what they crave.
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Our enemies are our outward consciences.
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Refrain to-night; And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence, the next more easy; For use almost can change the stamp of nature, And either master the devil or throw him out With wondrous potency.
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One sin another doth provoke.
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You have dancing shoes with nimble soles. I have a soul of lead.
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Truly the souls of men are full of dread: Ye cannot reason almost with a man That looks not heavily and full of fear.
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. . from this moment The very firstlings of my heart shall be The firstlings of my hand. And even now, To crown my thoughts with acts, be it thought and done.
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Fortune reigns in gifts of the world.
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Your "if" is the only peacemaker; much virtue in "if.
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I am giddy, expectation whirls me round. The imaginary relish is so sweet That it enchants my sense.
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Obey thy parents, keep thy word justly; swear not; commit not with man's sworn spouse; set not thy sweet heart on proud array. * * * Keep thy foot out of brothels, thy pen from lenders' books.
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That truth should be silent I had almost forgot. (Enobarbus)
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The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
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A light heart lives long.
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for Mercutio's soul Is but a little way above our heads, Staying for thine to keep him company: Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him.
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He that sleeps feels not the tooth-ache