William Shakespeare Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old William Shakespeare quotes, William Shakespeare sayings, and William Shakespeare proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Thy wit is a very bitter sweeting; it is a most sharp sauce. William Shakespeare
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. William Shakespeare
When the age is in, the wit is out William Shakespeare
For grief is crowned with consolation. William Shakespeare
Man delights not me. William Shakespeare
Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life. William Shakespeare
Sweets grown common lose their dear delight. William Shakespeare
Frame thy mind to mirth and merriment, which bars a thousand harms, and lengthens life. William Shakespeare
Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time. William Shakespeare
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone Is the next way to draw new mischief on. William Shakespeare
There's a divinity which shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will. William Shakespeare
If love be rough with you, be rough with love. Prick love for pricking and you beat love down. William Shakespeare
Nature hath meal and bran, contempt and grace. William Shakespeare
Doomsday is near; die all, die merrily. William Shakespeare
Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it. William Shakespeare
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child! William Shakespeare
Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast. William Shakespeare
He that doth the ravens feed, yea, providently caters for the sparrow. William Shakespeare
There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow. William Shakespeare
Ay, to the proof, as mountains are for winds, that shakes not, though they blow perpetually. William Shakespeare
As full of spirit as the month of May, and as gorgeous as the sun in Midsummer. William Shakespeare
The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails. William Shakespeare
I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad. William Shakespeare
Hell is empty and all the devils are here. William Shakespeare
The devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape. William Shakespeare
Every good servant does not all commands. William Shakespeare
The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones. William Shakespeare
Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them. William Shakespeare
Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ. William Shakespeare
Fruits that blossom first will first be ripe. William Shakespeare