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Famous William Shakespeare Quotes
“When rich villains have need of poor ones, poor ones may make what price they will”
“You take my life when you do take the means whereby I live”
“A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age is in, the wit is out.”
“Farewell, good Salisbury, and good luck go with thee!”
“Within the book and volume of thy brain.”
“My brain more busy than the labouring spider Weaves tedious snares to trap mine enemies.”
“To fear the worst oft cures the worst.”
“Beauty itself doth of itself persuade the eyes of men without an orator.”
“There is a kind of character in thy life, That to the observer doth thy history, fully unfold.”
“My chastity's the jewel of our house, bequeathed down from many ancestors.”
“A nun of winter's sisterhood kisses not more religiously; the very ice of chastity is in them.”
“The soul of this man is his clothes.”
“Friendly counsel cuts off many foes.”
“Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice Hath often stilled my brawling discontent.”
“Better a little chiding than a great deal of heartbreak.”
“That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold; What hath quenched them hath given me fire.”
“God, the best maker of all marriages, Combine your hearts into one.”
“He lives in fame that died in virtue's cause.”
“They whose guilt within their bosom lies, imagine every eye beholds their blame.”
“All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand! Oh, oh, oh!”
“How much better is it to weep at joy than to joy at weeping?”
“I am sure care's an enemy to life.”
“Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water.”
“Fit for the mountains and the barbarous caves, where manners ne'er were preached.”
“O, what men dare do! what men may do! what men daily do, not knowing what they do.”
“I will instruct my sorrows to be proud; for grief is proud, and makes his owner stoop.”