I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion. death
Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them. faith, greatness & men
Life every man holds dear but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life. life
We are time's subjects, and time bids be gone. time
Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well and yet words are not deeds. being good
The course of true love never did run smooth. love
Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known? courage & love
I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one. sadness
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. sympathy
Men's vows are women's traitors! men & women
Men shut their doors against a setting sun. men
The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils. music
Cowards die many times before their deaths the valiant never taste of death but once. death
If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me. time
If music be the food of love, play on. food, love & music
Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives. men & women
The valiant never taste of death but once. death
The evil that men do lives after them the good is oft interred with their bones. being good & men
There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. being good
Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time. nature & time
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. love & trust
Ignorance is the curse of God knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. God, intelligence & knowledge
Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying! men
They do not love that do not show their love. love
Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage. being good & marriage
I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart. being good
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow. being good & romance
When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools. greatness
O God, O God, how weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world! God
Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds. love
Love is too young to know what conscience is. love
Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains. peace
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. being good
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. love
Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment. love
I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad and to travel for it too! experience, sadness & travel
Speak low, if you speak love. love
But men are men the best sometimes forget. best & men
Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course. men
A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age. aging
If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor. men
To do a great right do a little wrong. greatness
Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land the great ones eat up the little ones. greatness, men & nature
Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear. being good
Women may fall when there's no strength in men. men, strength & women
The golden age is before us, not behind us. aging
Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. life
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact. imagination
I bear a charmed life. life
God has given you one face, and you make yourself another. God
Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind. love
In time we hate that which we often fear. fear & time
No, I will be the pattern of all patience I will say nothing. patience
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. greatness
The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, which hurts and is desired. death
The love of heaven makes one heavenly. love
Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better. being good & love
There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them. greatness & men
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. being good
When a father gives to his son, both laugh when a son gives to his father, both cry. Father's Day
There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face. art
A peace is of the nature of a conquest for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser. nature & peace
It is a wise father that knows his own child. Father's Day
Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent. trust
If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces. being good & men
As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words. love
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. the future
An overflow of good converts to bad. being good
For I can raise no money by vile means. money
Time and the hour run through the roughest day. time
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. nature
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. being good, life & nature
But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes. happiness
God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another. God
'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems. best
Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair. faith & God
Death is a fearful thing. death
Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear. fear
Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness. hope & New Year's Day
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me. time
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees? patience