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.'

Let them obey that knows not how to rule. William Shakespeare
Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. William Shakespeare
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. William Shakespeare
Brevity is the soul of wit. William Shakespeare
Now by the jealous queen of heaven, that kiss I carried from thee, dear, my true lip hath virgin'd it e'er since. William Shakespeare
Her lips? The early morning rose would whither on the branch if it could feel envy. William Shakespeare
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. William Shakespeare
No visor does become black villainy so well as soft and tender flattery. William Shakespeare
The more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite. William Shakespeare
Beware of... jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock / The meat it feeds on. William Shakespeare
Jealous souls will not be answered so: / They are not ever jealous for the cause. / But jealous, for they're jealous. It is a monster / Begot upon itself, born on itself. William Shakespeare
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. William Shakespeare
There's a divinity that shapes our ends, / Rough-hew them how we will. William Shakespeare
We know what we are but not what we may be. William Shakespeare
What's done is done. William Shakespeare
To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. William Shakespeare
What to ourselves in passion we propose, / The passion ending, doth the purpose lose. William Shakespeare
O! that this too solid flesh would melt, / Thaw and resolve itself into a dew; / Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd / His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! William Shakespeare
Time's glory is to command contending kings, To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light. William Shakespeare
Like Patience gazing on kings' graves, and smiling Extremity out of act. William Shakespeare
Those happiest smiles that played on her ripe lips seemed not to know what guests were in her eyes, which parted thence as pearls from diamonds dropped. William Shakespeare
Summer’s lease hath all too short a date. William Shakespeare
Men in rage strike those that wish them best. William Shakespeare
You have such a February face, so full of frost, of storm and cloudiness. William Shakespeare
April hath put a spirit of youth in everything. William Shakespeare
Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, such shaping fantasies, that apprehend. More than cool reason ever comprehends. William Shakespeare
Where shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain? When the hurlyburly's done when the battle's lost and won. William Shakespeare
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me. William Shakespeare
All that glisters is not gold. William Shakespeare
Who can say more than this rich praise, that you alone are you? William Shakespeare