shakespear quotes

"If I must die, I will encounter darkness as a bride, and hug it in mine arms"
M for M, Act iii, Ac.1

"There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently"
Much Ado, Act v, Sc.1

"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none"
All's Well, Act i, Sc.2

"The course of true love never did run smooth"
Mid N Dr, Act i, Sc.1

"For where thou art, there is the world itself, and where though art not, desolation"
Henry VI, Act iii, Sc.2

"Love comforteth like sunshine after rain"
Venus & Adonis

"When you depart from me sorrow abides, and happiness takes his leave"
Much Ado, Act i, Sc.1

"A smile re-cures the wounding of a frown"
Venus & Adonis

"'Tis good to be sad and say nothing"
A Y L I, Act iv, Sc.1

"The elements be kind to thee, and make thy spirits all of comfort: fare thee well !"
Ant & Cleo, Act iii, Sc.2

Prayer
"Let never day nor night unhallowed pass, but still remember what the Lord hath done"
Henry VI, Act ii, Sc.1
"To thee I do commend my watchful soul, ere I let fall the windows of mine eyes; sleeping and waking, O, defend me still"
Richd III, Act v, Sc.3

"We, ignorant of ourselves, beg often our own harms, which the wise powers deny us for our good"
Ant & Cleo, Act ii, Sc.1

"Withold thine indignation, mighty heaven, and tempt us not to bear above our power"
King John, Act v, Sc.6

Remembrance
"Praising what is lost, makes the remembrance dear"
All's Well, Act v, Sc.3

"When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought"
Sonnet 30

Reputation
"Defend your reputation, or bid farewell to your good life for ever"
M W of W Act iii, Sc.2

"Good name, in man or woman, is the immediate jewel of their souls"
Othello, Act iii, Sc.3

"He that filches from me my good name, robs me of that which not enriches him, but makes me poor indeed"
Othello, Act iii, Sc.3

"The purest treasure mortal times afford, is spotless reputation"
Richard II, Act i, Sc.i

Silence
"Have more than though showest; speak less than thou knowest; lend less than thou owest"
K Lear, Act i, Sc.4

"I hear, yet say not much, yet hear the more"
Henry IV, Act iv, Sc.1

"I like your silence; it the more shows off your wonder"
Win Tale, Act v, Sc.2

"The silence often, of pure innocence persuades, when speaking fails"
Win Tale, Act ii, Sc.2

Sorrow
"One sorrow never comes but brings an heir"
Pericles, Act i, Sc.1

"Sleep seldom visits sorrow; when it doth, it is a comforter"
Tempest, Act ii, Sc.1

"When sorrow comes, they come not single spies, but in battalions"
Hamlet, Act iv, Sc.5

"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late"
M W of W, Act ii, Sc.2

"Thus we play the fools with time; and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us"
Henry IV, Act ii, Sc.2

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