William Shakespeare
I will be correspondent to command, And do my spiriting gently.
William ShakespeareThe hand that hath made you fair hath made you good.
William ShakespeareA jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.
William ShakespeareIt is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.
William ShakespeareOur doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt.
William ShakespeareAlthough the last, not least.
William ShakespeareI understand a fury in your words,But not the words.
William ShakespeareI will wear my heart upon my sleeveFor daws to peck at.
William ShakespeareLet the coming hour overflow with joy, and let pleasure drown the brim.
William ShakespeareIn peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility;
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger:
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.
Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; take honour from me and my life is done.
William ShakespeareThe more pity, that fools may not speak wisely what wise men do foolishly.
William ShakespeareThe worst is notSo long as we can say, "This is the worst."
William ShakespeareCowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.
William ShakespeareA horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!
William ShakespeareI would there were no age between sixteen and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest, for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting.
William ShakespeareHe that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen,Let him not know 't, and he's not robb'd at all.
William ShakespeareThere is a tide in the affairs of men Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
William ShakespeareBe not afraid of greatness: some men are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.
William ShakespeareDouble, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
William ShakespeareIt is a familiar beast to man, and signifies love.
William ShakespeareMy salad days,When I was green in judgment.
William ShakespeareKnowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom.
William ShakespeareSweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in its head.
William ShakespeareI must be cruel, only to be kind:Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.
William Shakespeare