William Shakespeare Quotes

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

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

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

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

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone.

Never play with the feelings of others, because you may win the game but the risk is that you will surely lose the person for life time

Love does not see with the eyes, but with the soul.

Men of few words are the best men." (3.2.41)

I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed!

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Have more than you show, Speak less than you know.

Daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty.

Hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram; The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun, and with him rise weeping.

Words spoken can not be recalled so think twice before you speak.

The best is yet to come.

My crown is in my heart, not on my head; not decked with diamonds and Indian stones, nor to be seen: my crown is called content, a crown it is that seldom kings enjoy.

If thou dost marry, I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry: be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.

Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.

We suffer a lot the few things we lack and we enjoy too little the many things we have.

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow.

One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.

Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.

Now I will believe that there are unicorns.

The strawberry grows underneath the nettle And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best Neighbour'd by fruit of baser quality.

God shall be my hope, my stay, my guide and lantern to my feet.

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

Our doubts are traitors And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt.

If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.

Jesters do oft prove prophets.

Be great in act, as you have been in thought.

The setting sun, and the music at the close, As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last, Writ in rememberance more than long things past.

Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye.

If we are mark'd to die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour. God's will! I pray thee; wish not one man more.

Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile

Women speak two languages - one of which is verbal.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

You know who you are, but know not who you could be.

Fair is foul, and foul is fair, hover through fog and filthy air.

Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.

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

Pray, love, remember: and there is pansies, that's for thoughts.