Quotes by William Shakespeare

But love is blind and lovers cannot see
The pretty follies that themselves commit;
For if they could, Cupid himself would blush
To see me thus transformed to a boy.
The Merchant of Venice, Act II Scene 6

He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.
The Tempest, Act II scene 1

Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing.
Troilus and Cressida, Act 1, Scene 2

How my achievements mock me!
Troilus and Cressida, Act IV

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

"Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em."
(Twelfth Night, II:5)

"Brevity is the soul of wit."

"Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge...
Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
Cry 'havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war..."
(Julius Caesar, III:1)

"Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition. By that sin fell the angels."
(Henry VIII, III:2)

"Death where is thy sting? Love, where is thy glory?"

"Doubt that the stars are fire, doubt that the sun doth move, doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love."

"Drink provokes the desire but takes away the performance."

"Expectation is the root of all heartache."

"If music be the food of love, play on."

"It is a custom.
More honored in the breach than the observance."

"Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end."

"O beware, my lord, jealousy is the green eye'd monster that doth mock the meat it feeds on."

"O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams."
(Hamlet, 2.2.258-60)

"O' What may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side!"

"Readiness is all."