William Shakespeare Quotes

Hang there like a fruit, my soul, Till the tree die!

Officers, what offence have these men done?

DOGBERRY
Marry, sir, they have committed false report; moreover, they have spoken untruths; secondarily, they are slanders; sixth and lastly, they have
belied a lady; thirdly, they have verified unjust things; and, to conclude, they are lying knaves.

I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.

We burn daylight.

I would not wish Any companion in the world but you, Nor can imagination form a shape, Besides yourself, to like of.

A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once. It seems to me most strange that men should fear, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come.

The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones.

Under the greenwood tree,
Who loves to lie with me
And tune his merry note,
Unto the sweet bird's throat;
Come hither, come hither, come hither.
Here shall he see
No enemy
But winter and rough weather.

A miracle. Here's our own hands against our hearts. Come, I will have thee, but by this light I take thee for pity.

Beatrice: I would not deny you, but by this good day, I yield upon great persuasion, and partly to save your life, for I was told you were in a consumption.

Benedick: Peace. I will stop your mouth.

The prince of darkness is a gentleman!

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
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.

Why, what's the matter,
That you have such a February face,
So full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?

What do you read, my lord?
HAMLET: Words, words, words.

What's past is prologue.

Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!