Those that are good manners at thecourt are as ridiculed in the country, as the behavior of the country is most mockable atthe court. William Shakespeare on individuality
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. William Shakespeare on marriage
The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils. William Shakespeare on music
Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing. William Shakespeare on nothing
Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones. William Shakespeare on order
My patience to his fury, and am arm'd to suffer, with a quietness of spirit, the very tyranny and rage of his. William Shakespeare on patience
For there was never yet a philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently. William Shakespeare on philosophy
There is not one wise man in twenty that will praise himself. William Shakespeare on pride
Weariness can snore upon the flint, when resty sloth finds the down pillow hard. William Shakespeare on sleep
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, But in battalions. William Shakespeare on sorrow
The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. William Shakespeare on success