William Shakespeare Quotes

"He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike."
-William Shakespeare

"Strong reasons make strong actions."
-William Shakespeare

"Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none."
-William Shakespeare in Love quotes.

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women are merely players."
-William Shakespeare

"O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?"
-William Shakespeare

"Our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything."
-William Shakespeare

"To be, or not to be: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep: No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heartache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to,--'t is a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. "
-William Shakespeare

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

"What seest thou elseIn the dark backward and abysm of time?"
-William Shakespeare

"False face must hide what the false heart doth know."
-William Shakespeare

"I 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 Shakespeare

"Here will be an old abusing of God's patience and the king's English."
-William Shakespeare in English quotes.

"We have some salt of our youth in us."
-William Shakespeare in Youth quotes.

"I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated To closeness and the bettering of my mind."
-William Shakespeare

"Praising what is lost makes the remembrance dear."
-William Shakespeare

"Not Hercules could have knock'd out his brains, for he had none."
-William Shakespeare

"What's mine is yours, and what is yours is mine."
-William Shakespeare

"When he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast."
-William Shakespeare

"He that dies pays all debts."
-William Shakespeare

"In 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."
-William Shakespeare

"I have heard of your paintings too, well enough; God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another."
-William Shakespeare

"'Tis neither here nor there."
-William Shakespeare

"A man in all the world's new fashion planted, That hath a mint of phrases in his brain."
-William Shakespeare

"My tongue will tell the anger of mine heart, Or else my heart, concealing it, will break."
-William Shakespeare

"Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed."
-William Shakespeare in Reputation quotes.

"My meaning in saying he is a good man, is to have you understand me that he is sufficient."
-William Shakespeare

"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark."
-William Shakespeare