Quotes By William Shakespeare

Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head.

The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.

Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.

My pride fell with my fortunes.

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.

Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!

And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

Death is a fearful thing.

It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions.

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.

Lawless are they that make their wills their law.

God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another.

Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.

Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!

We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from... Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements.

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?

Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.

In time we hate that which we often fear.

I bear a charmed life.

Alas, I am a woman friendless, hopeless!

My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.

The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.