Quotes from William Shakespeare

Silence is the perfectest herald of joy I were but little happy, if I could say how much.

Simply the thing I am shall make me live.

Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.

Since Cleopatra died, I have liv'd in such dishonour that the gods Detest my baseness.

Small to greater matters must give way.

So may he rest, his faults lie gently on him!

Some men never seem to grow old. Always active in thought, always ready to adopt new ideas, they are never chargeable with foggyism. Satisfied, yet ever dissatisfied, settled, yet ever unsettled, they always enjoy the best of what is, are the first to find the best of what will be.

Speak to me as to thy thinkings, As thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughts The worst of words.

Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.

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

The course of true love was never easy.

The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea.

The man that hath no music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. The motions of his spirit are dull as night, and his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.

The peace of heaven is theirs that lift their swords, in such a just and charitable war.

The play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.

The Possible's slow fuse is lit By the Imagination.

The quality of mercy is not strained It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blessed- It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.

The sands are number'd that make up my life.

The soul of this man is in his clothes.

The soul's joy lies in doing.

The trust I have is in mine innocence, and therefore am I bold and resolute.

There is a method to madness!

They say, best men are moulded out of faults, And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad.

This above all to thine own self be true.