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.'

That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet. William Shakespeare
If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum. William Shakespeare
Of all the flowers, Methinks a rose is best. / It is the very emblem of a maid. / For when the west wind courts her gently / How modestly she blows, and paints the sun / With her chaste blushes! William Shakespeare
Her lips? The early morning rose would whither on the branch if it could feel envy. William Shakespeare
O, she is rich in beauty, only poor that, when she dies, with beauty dies her store. William Shakespeare
Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold. William Shakespeare
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. William Shakespeare
Age cannot wither her, no custom stale Her infinite variety. William Shakespeare
On Tuesday last, / A falcon, towering in her pride of place, / Was by a mousing owl hawked at and / killed. William Shakespeare
Methinks you are my glass, and not my brother: / I see by you I am a sweet-faced youth. William Shakespeare
Two lovely berries moulded on one stem; / So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart. William Shakespeare
The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, which hurts and is desired. William Shakespeare
A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow. William Shakespeare
Frame your mind to mirth and merriment, which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life. William Shakespeare
There is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murder in this loathsome world, Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell. William Shakespeare
Our bodies are our gardens – our wills are our gardeners. William Shakespeare
Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land; the great ones eat up the little ones. William Shakespeare
All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me. William Shakespeare
How many things by season seasoned are / To their right praise and true perfection! William Shakespeare
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. William Shakespeare
Our bodies are our gardens – our wills are our gardeners. William Shakespeare
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, / And summer's lease hath all too short a date. William Shakespeare
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. William Shakespeare
More matter for a May morning. William Shakespeare
Love, whose month is ever May. William Shakespeare
Enter Rumour, painted full of tongues. William Shakespeare
Love is a smoke and is made with the fume of sighs. William Shakespeare
Doubt thou the stars are fire; / Doubt that the sun doth move; / Doubt truth to be a liar; / But never doubt I love. William Shakespeare
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. William Shakespeare
Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. then your love would also change. William Shakespeare