“ PORTERThis is a lot of knocking! Come to think of it, if a man were in charge of opening the gates of hell to let people in, he would have to turn the key a lot. William Shakespeare
“ From too much liberty, my Lucio, libertyAs surfeit is the father of much fast,So every scope of the immoderate useTurns to restraint. Our natures do pursue, -Like rats that ravin down their proper ban… William Shakespeare
“ But if the cause be not good, the king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make, when all those legs and arms and heads, chopped off in battle, shall join together at the latter day and cry all 'We died… William Shakespeare
“ Mislike me not for my complexion,The shadowed livery of the burnished sun,To whom I am a neighbor and near bred.Bring me the fairest creature northward born,Where Phoebus' fire scarce thaws the icicle… William Shakespeare
“ My story being done,She gave me for my pains a world of sighs:She swore,––in faith, twas strange, 'twas passing strange;'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful:She wish'd she had not heard it, yet she w… William Shakespeare
“ Thy best of rest is sleep,And that thou oft provok'st; yet grossly fear'stThy death, which is no more. William Shakespeare
“ Sometime [Queen Mab] driveth o'er a soldier's neck, And then dreams he of cutting foreign throats,Of breaches, ambuscadoes, Spanish blades,Of healths five fathom deep; and then anonDrums in his ear, a… William Shakespeare
“ Be bloody, bold, and resolute. Laugh to scornThe power of man, for none of woman bornShall harm Macbeth. William Shakespeare
“ Care keeps his watch in every old man’s eye,And where care lodges, sleep will never lie. William Shakespeare
“ There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'stBut in his motion like an angel sings,Still quiring [making music] to the young-eyed cherubins; Such harmony is in immortal souls,But whilst this muddy… William Shakespeare
“ The skies are painted with unnumber'd sparks,They are all fire and every one doth shine William Shakespeare
“ The time approachesThat will with due decision make us knowWhat we shall say we have and what we owe.Thoughts speculative their unsure hopes relate,But certain issue strokes must arbitrate;Towards whi… William Shakespeare
“ But thought’s the slave of life, and life time’s fool;And time, that takes survey of all the world,Must have a stop. O, I could prophesy,But that the earthy and cold hand of deathLies on my tongue William Shakespeare
“ Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks within his bending sickle's compass come. William Shakespeare
“ . . . I will not be sworn, but love may trans-form me to an oyster, but, I’ll take my oath on it, till hehave made an oyster of me, he shall never make me sucha fool. William Shakespeare
“ Orsino: For, boy, however we do praise ourselves,Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm,More longing, wavering, sooner lost and won,Than women's are. ...For women are as roses, whose fair flow'rBeing o… William Shakespeare
