William Shakespeare Quotes

I could be well content To entertain the lag-end of my life With quiet hours. (Henry IV)

Naught’s had, all’s spent – where our desire is got without content. (Macbeth)

My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. (Richard III)

Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pith and moment With this regard their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action. (Hamlet)

Confess yourself to heaven: Repent what’s past; avoid what is to come. (Hamlet)

Your “If” is the only peacemaker; much virtue in “If.” (As You Like It)

Striving to better, oft we mar what’s well. (King Lear)

Cease to lament for that thou canst not help; and study help for that which thou lamentest. (The Two Gentlemen of Verona)

Comparisons are odorous. (Much Ado About Nothing)

I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die. (The Winter’s Tale)