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.'

When the blood burns, how prodigal the soulLends the tongue vows. William Shakespeare
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow. William Shakespeare
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break. William Shakespeare
For she had eyes and chose me. William Shakespeare
Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war, / How to divide the conquest of thy sight; / Mine eye my heart thy picture’s sight would bar, / My heart mine eye the freedom of that right. William Shakespeare
The presence of a king engenders love Amongst his subjects, and his royal friends. William Shakespeare
Affection is a coal that must be cooled; else, suffered, it will set the heart on fire. William Shakespeare
Affection faints not like a pale-faced coward, But then woos best when most his choice is froward. William Shakespeare
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told. William Shakespeare
It is a wise father that knows his own child. William Shakespeare
Our holy lives must win a new world's crown. William Shakespeare
The raven himself is hoarse / That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan / Under my battlements. William Shakespeare
As the waves make toward the pebbled shore, so do our minutes hasten to their end. William Shakespeare
When Fortune means to men most good, She looks upon them with a threatening eye. William Shakespeare
When Fortune means to men most good, She looks upon them with a threatening eye. William Shakespeare
The seasons alter: hoary-headed frosts Fall in the fresh lap of the crimson rose. William Shakespeare
My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred; And I myself see not the bottom of it. William Shakespeare
Thus I clothe my naked villany with old odd ends, stolen out of the holy writ; and seem a saint when most I play the devil. William Shakespeare
There is plenty of time to sleep in the grave. William Shakespeare
Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I’ll always be in your heart... If you hate me, I’ll always be in your mind. William Shakespeare
O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, That monthly changes in her circled orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. William Shakespeare
Oh! How bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes. William Shakespeare
A rotten carcass of a boat, not rigged, Nor tackle, sail, nor mast; the very rats Instinctively have quit it. William Shakespeare
More strange than true I never may believe these antique fables, nor these fairy toys. William Shakespeare
Diseased nature oftentimes breaks forth In strange eruptions. William Shakespeare
My bounty is as boundless as the sea. My love as deep; the more I give to thee. The more I have, for both are infinite. William Shakespeare
England is safe, if true within itself. William Shakespeare
Praise us as we are tasted, allow us as we prove. William Shakespeare
I will praise any man that will praise me. William Shakespeare
Not all the water in the rough rude sea / Can wash the balm from an anointed King; William Shakespeare