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.'

Being sick, have in some measure made me well. William Shakespeare
Would it not grieve a woman to be overmastered with a piece of valiant dust? to make an account of her life to a clod of wayward marl? William Shakespeare
Do you not know I am a woman? when I think, I must speak. William Shakespeare
There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass. William Shakespeare
Her voice was ever soft, / Gentle and low, an excellent thing in woman. William Shakespeare
Nothing is, unless our thinking makes it so. William Shakespeare
I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking. I could well wish courtesy would invent some other custom of entertainment. William Shakespeare
The robbed who smiles steals something from the thief. William Shakespeare
I know not why / I love this youth; and I have heard you say / Love's reason’s without reason. William Shakespeare
By love the young and tender wit is turned to folly. William Shakespeare
It is the show and seal of Nature’s truth, / Where love’s strong passion is impressed in youth. William Shakespeare
Love in the bosom of youth is the well-spring whence arise the pure fountains of hope, great deeds and swelling thoughts of a bright future. William Shakespeare
Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. William Shakespeare
Lord, Lord, how this world is given to lying! William Shakespeare
The retort courteous…the quip modest…the reply churlish…the reproof valiant…the countercheck quarrelsome…the lie circumstantial…the lie direct. William Shakespeare
I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves my. William Shakespeare
Mine honor is my life; both grow in one; take honor from me and my life is done. William Shakespeare
Confusion now hath made his masterpiece. William Shakespeare
For new-made honor doth forget men’s names. William Shakespeare
Rightly to be great / Is not to stir without great argument. / But greatly to find quarrel in a straw / When honor’s at the stake. William Shakespeare
The purest treasure mortal times afford / Is spotless reputation. William Shakespeare
"By heaven methinks it were an easy leap / To pluck bright honor from the pale-fac’d moon, / Or dive into the bottom of the deep, / Where fathom-line could never touch the ground. / And pluck up drowned honor by the locks. William Shakespeare
Set honor in one eye and death i' the other, / And I will look on both indifferently. William Shakespeare
Well, honor is the subject of my story. / I cannot tell what you and other men / Think of this life; but, for my single self, / I had as lief not be as live to be / In awe of such a thing as I myself. William Shakespeare
All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me. William Shakespeare
In the spring time, the only pretty ring time, / When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding. / Sweet lovers love the spring. William Shakespeare
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. William Shakespeare
Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee: / I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. / Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible / To feeling as to sight? or art thou but / A dagger of the mind, a false creation, / Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain? William Shakespeare
Thou blind fool, Love, what dost thou to mine eyes / That they behold and see not what they see? / They know what beauty is, see where it lies, / Yet what the best is, take the worst to be. William Shakespeare
Do you not know I am a woman? When I think, I must speak. William Shakespeare