"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."
"Hell is empty and all the devils are here."
"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind."
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."
"Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head."
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages."
"What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god."
"When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools."
"Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear."
"Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven."
"Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better."
"If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?"
"To do a great right do a little wrong."
"Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt."
"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."
"God has given you one face, and you make yourself another."
"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin."
"And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything."
"O' What may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side!"
"The course of true love never did run smooth."
"Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice."
"I am not bound to please thee with my answer."
"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."
"Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me."
