I to myself am dearer than a friend.
Ay every inch a king.
Many strokes though with a little axe Hew down and fell the hardest-timber'd oak.
And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of?
The clock upbraids me with the waste of time.
Tis but a base ignoble mind That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.
True hope is swift and flies with swallow's wings Kings it makes Gods and meaner creatures kings.
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
Some are born great some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
The prince of darkness is a gentleman.
The undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveller returns.
Have more than thou showest Speak less than thou knowest.
What's done can't be undone.
The quality of mercy is not strained;It droppeth as the gentle rain from heavenUpon the place beneath. It is twice blessed;It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes.'Tis mightiest in the mighties...
Then others for breath of words respect,Me for my dumb thoughts, speaking in effect.
To me, fair friend, you never can be old,For as you were when first your eye I ey'd, Such seems your beauty still.
My only love sprung from my only hate!Too early seen unknown, and known too late!Prodigious birth of love it is to me,That I must love a loathed enemy.
A peace is of the nature of a conquest for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.
Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land the great ones eat up the little ones.
Thus with a kiss I die