William Shakespeare Quotes
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Lords, knights and gentlemen, what I should say My tears gainsay; for every word I speak, Ye see I drink the water of my eye.
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What thing, in honor, had my father lost, That need to be revived and breathed in me?
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Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in thee Calls back the lovely April of her prime...
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For my own part, I shall be glad to learn of noble men.
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The fewer men, the greater share of honor.
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A gentleman that loves to hear himself talk, will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month.
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Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date . . .
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Yet this my comfort: when your words are done, My woes end likewise with the evening sun.
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What is your substance, whereof are you made, That millions of strange shadows on you tend? Since everyone hath every one, one shade, And you, but one, can every shadow lend. Describe Adonis, and the counterfeit Is poorly imitated after you. On Helen’s cheek all art of beauty set, And you in Grecian tires are painted new. Speak of the spring and foison of the year; The one doth shadow of your beauty show, The other as your bounty doth appear, And you in every blessèd shape we know. In all external grace you have some part, But you like none, none you, for constant heart.
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One pain is lessened by another's anguish.
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I have a kind soul that would give you thanks. And knows not how to do it but with tears.
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A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!
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When I was at home I was in a better place
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Then hate me when thou wilt, if ever, now.
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Charity itself fulfills the law. And who can sever love from charity?
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For we, which now behold these present days, Have eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise.
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I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
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I was born free as Caesar; so were you
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If thou wilt lend this money, lend it not As to thy friends; for when did friendship take A breed for barren metal of his friend?
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The blood of youth burns not with such excess as gravity's revolt to wantonness.
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Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
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The seasons change their manners, as the year Had found some months asleep and leapt them over.
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Be stirring as the time; be fire with fire. Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow Of bragging horror. So shall inferior eyes, That borrow their behaviors from the great, Grow great by your example and put on The dauntless spirit of resolution.
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Watch tonight, pray tomorrow. Gallants, lads, boys, hearts of gold, all the titles of good fellowship come to you!