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.'

The weakest kind of fruit drops earliest to the ground. William Shakespeare
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. William Shakespeare
Base men being in love have then a nobility in their natures more than is native to them. William Shakespeare
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast. William Shakespeare
My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy. William Shakespeare
A table full of welcome makes scarce one dainty dish. William Shakespeare
Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast. William Shakespeare
Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds. William Shakespeare
Life every man holds dear but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life. William Shakespeare
There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. William Shakespeare
Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms. William Shakespeare
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall. William Shakespeare
The tongues of dying men enforce attention like deep harmony. William Shakespeare
Foul whisperings are abroad. William Shakespeare
What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind. William Shakespeare
Good things should be praised. William Shakespeare
If there is a good will, there is great way. William Shakespeare
The will is deaf and hears no heedful friends. William Shakespeare
The leopard does not change his spots. William Shakespeare
Every inordinate cup is unbless'd, and the ingredient is a devil. William Shakespeare
All that glitters is not gold. William Shakespeare
Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends. William Shakespeare
No legacy is so rich as honesty. William Shakespeare
Hell is empty and all the devils are here. William Shakespeare
Though she be but little, she is fierce. William Shakespeare
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. William Shakespeare
The king's name is a tower of strength, which they upon the adverse party want. William Shakespeare
Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love. Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues. Let every eye negotiate for itself, And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch Against whose charms faith melteth into blood. William Shakespeare
The king's name is a tower of strength. William Shakespeare
It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood. William Shakespeare