Quotes by William Shakespeare

"I hate ingratitude more in a man
than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
or any taint of vice whose strong corruption
inhabits our frail blood."

"I must be cruel only to be kind;
Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind."

"I pray thee cease thy counsel,
Which falls into mine ears as profitless
as water in a sieve."

"I pray you bear me henceforth from the noise and rumour of the field, where I may think the remnant of my thoughts in peace, and part of this body and my soul with contemplation and devout desires."

"I wasted time, and now doth time waste me."

"I wish you well and so I take my leave,
I Pray you know me when we meet again."

"Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word."

"In a false quarrel there is no true valour."

"In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility."

"In time we hate that which we often fear."

"It is not enough to help the feeble up, but to support him after."

"Lady you bereft me of all words,
Only my blood speaks to you in my veins,
And there is such confusion in my powers."

"Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, So do our minutes hasten to their end."

"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind."

"Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; take honour from me and my life is done."

"My words fly up, my thoughts remain below.
Words without thoughts never to heaven go."

"Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy."

"Our bodies are our gardens to which our wills are gardeners."

"Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt."

"Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie."