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.'

Love all, trust a few. William Shakespeare
He's mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf, a horse's health, a boy's love, or a whore’s oath. William Shakespeare
Immortal gods, I crave no pelf; / I pray for no man but myself: / Grant I may never prove so fond, / To trust man on his oath or bond. William Shakespeare
I wonder men dare trust themselves with men. William Shakespeare
O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note, to drown me in thy sister’s flood of tears. William Shakespeare
Not able to produce more accusations than your own weak-hinged fancy. William Shakespeare
I need not be barren of accusations, he hath faults, with a surplus, to tire in repetition. William Shakespeare
Do not cast away an honest man for a villain's accusation. William Shakespeare
To weep is to make less the depth of grief. William Shakespeare
A politician, one that would circumvent God. William Shakespeare
My nature is subdued / To what it works in, like the dyer's hand. William Shakespeare
The time is out of joint; O cursed spite, / That ever I was born to set it right. William Shakespeare
Neither a borrower nor a lender be; / For loan oft loses both itself and friend, / And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. William Shakespeare
Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. I'll tell you who Time ambles withal, who Time trots withal, who Time gallops withal, and who he stands still withal. William Shakespeare
When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married. 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
But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound into saucy doubts and fears. William Shakespeare
When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain. William Shakespeare
Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds. William Shakespeare
The clamorous owl that nightly hoots and wonders At our quaint spirits. William Shakespeare
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. William Shakespeare
The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure. William Shakespeare
O, swear not by the moon, the fickle moon, the inconstant moon, that monthly changes in her circle orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable William Shakespeare
I dare do all that may become a man; / Who dares do more, is none. William Shakespeare
To be or not to be; that is the question. William Shakespeare
Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you? William Shakespeare
Come take choice of all my library, and so beguile thy sorrow. William Shakespeare
For this relief, much thanks, 'tis bitter cold, / And I am sick at the heart. William Shakespeare
Come what come may, time and the hour run through the roughest day. William Shakespeare
Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin As self-neglecting. William Shakespeare