Quotes By William Shakespeare

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Women may fall when there's no strength in men.

Boldness be my friend.

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!

If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Expectation is the root of all heartache.

There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass.

I was adored once too.

Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones.

I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father.

If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

I like not fair terms and a villain's mind.

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, which hurts and is desired.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.

Having nothing, nothing can he lose.

What's done can't be undone.

Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.

The wheel is come full circle.

What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.

O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!

If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.