I must be cruel only to be kind;Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.
I have set my life upon a cast,And I will stand the hazard of the die.
I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself king of infinite space.
I am a bastard, too. I love bastards! I am bastard begot, bastard instructed, bastard in mind, bastard in valor, in everything illegitimate.
He that is strucken blind can not forget the precious treasure of his eyesight lost.
Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me
Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight, Past reason hunted, and no sooner had Past reason hated
Do you not know I am a woman? when I think, I must speak.
Can I go forward when my heart is here?
By my troth, I care not; a man can die but once; we owe God a death and let it go which way it will he that dies this year is quit for the next
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeveFor daws to peck at: I am not what I am.
Benvolio: What sadness lengthens Romeo's hours?Romeo: Not having that, which, having, makes them short.
Awake, dear heart, awake. Thou hast slept well. Awake.
And some that smile have in their hearts, I fear, millions of mischiefs.
And make death proud to take us.
Alack, there lies more peril in thine eyeThan twenty of their swords: look thou but sweet,And I am proof against their enmity.
Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety.Antony and Cleopatra (II.ii) ~William Shakespeare
A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry; But were we burdened with light weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain.
Crabbed age and youth cannot live together Youth is full of pleasure age is full of care Youth like summer morn age like winter weather Youth like summer brave age like winter bare. Youth is ful...
The worst is not so long as we can say "This is the worst."