To be, or not to be: that is the question:Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,And by opposing end them? To di...
Tis safter to be that which we destroyThan by destruction dwell in doubtful joy.
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.
Thou art a boil, a plague sore, an embossed carbuncle in my corrupted blood.
There's no trust, No faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers.
There is nothing serious in Mortality
The quality of mercy is not strain'd,It droppeth as the gentle rain from heavenUpon the place beneath: it is twice blest;It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:'Tis mightiest in the mightiest:...
The moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun.
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.An evil soul producing holy witnessIs like a villain with a smiling cheek,A goodly apple rotten at the heart.O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Tell me where is fancy bred,Or in the heart, or in the head?
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
SONNET 57Being your slave, what should I do but tend Upon the hours and times of your desire? I have no precious time at all to spend, Nor services to do, till you require. Nor dare I chide the world-...
Remember me.
Receive what cheer you may. The night is long that never finds the day.
One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sunNe'er saw her match since first the world begun.
Of all the wonders that I have heard,It seems to me most strange that men should fear;Seeing death, a necessary end,Will come when it will come.(Act II, Scene 2)
O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note,to drown me in thy sister’s flood of tears.
O true apothecary!Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die
No, no, I am but shadow of myself:You are deceived, my substance is not here;
No matter where; of comfort no man speak:Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaphs;Make dust our paper and with rainy eyesWrite sorrow on the bosom of the earth