If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?
— William Shakespeare
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.
We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
