William Shakespeare Quotes

I will find you twenty lascivious turtles ere one chaste man. (The Merry Wives of Windsor)

They say best men are molded out of faults; and, for the most become much more the better for being a little bad. (Measure for Measure)

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, which we ascribe to heaven. (All’s Well That Ends Well)

Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance. (The Winter’s Tale)

Be merry, gentle… Lift up your countenance, as it were the day of celebration. (The Winter’s Tale)

Alas, our frailty is the cause, not we: For such as we are made of, such we be. (Twelfth Night)

There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things. (Henry V)

‘Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of. (Hamlet)

The cat will mew, and dog will have his day. (Hamlet)

I had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers. (Henry IV)