Shakespear
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet."
Hamlet:
Swear by my sword
Never to speak of this that you have heard.
Ghost:
[Beneath] Swear by his sword.
Hamlet:
Well said, old mole, canst work i' th' earth so fast?
A worthy pioner! Once more remove, good friends.
Horatio:
O day and night, but this is wondrous strange!
And therefore as a stranger give it welcome.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Juliet:
O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love
And I'll no longer be a Capulet.
Romeo:
[Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy:
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? It is nor hand nor foot,
Nor arm nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O be some other name!
What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
and for thy name, which is no part of thee,
Take all myself.
Juliet:
'Tis almost morning, I would have thee gone?
And yet no farther than a wan-ton's bird,
That lets it hop a little from his hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silken thread plucks it back again,
So loving-jealous of his liberty.
Romeo:
I would I were thy bird.
Sweet, so would I,
Yet I should kill thee with much cherishing.
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow.
Angels
"Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest"
Hamlet, Act v, Sc.2
Beauty
"Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night."
Rom & Jul, Act i. Sc.5
"O, beauty, till now I never knew thee!"
Henry VIII, Act i, Sc.4
"Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful"
Mid N Dr, Act iii, Sc.1
Blessings
"My blessings go with thee"
King John, Act iii, Sc.3
Comfort
"Courage and comfort, all shall yet go well"
King John, Act ii, Sc.4
Death
"Adieu, and take thy praise with thee to heaven"
Henry IV, Act v, Sc.4
"Alas, poor world, what treasure hast thou lost!"
Venus & Adonis
"All that lives must die, passing through nature to eternity"
Hamlet, Act i, Sc.2
"Death lies on her, like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of all the field"
Rom & Jul, Act iv, Sc.4
"I honour'd him, I lov'd him; and will weep my date of life out, for his sweet life's loss"
King John, Act iv, Sc.3
"If I must die, I will encounter darkness as a bride, and hug it in mine arms"
M for M, Act iii, Ac.1
Endurance
"Have patience, and endure"
Much Ado, Act iv, Sc.1
"There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently"
Much Ado, Act v, Sc.1
Fame
"Never shame to hear what you have nobly done"
Coriolanus, Act ii, Sc.2
"Thy eternal summer shall not fade"
Sonnet 18
"Wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shine, his honour and greatness of his name shall be"
Henry VIII, Act v, Sc.4
Fate
"Men at some time are masters of their fate"
Jul Caesar, Act i, Sc.2
"Things must be as they may"
Henry V, Act ii. Sc.1
"Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt"
Ant & Cleo, Act ii, Sc.5
"What is decreed must be"
Twelfth N, Act i, Sc.5
"Who can control his fate?"
Othello, Act v, Sc.2
Faults
"Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it?"
M for M, Act ii, Sc.2
"A friendly eye could never see such faults"
Jul Caesar, Act iv, Sc.3
Fear
"Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt"
M for M, Act i, Sc.5
"'Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss"
Pericles, Act i, Sc.2
"Be just and fear not"
Henry VIII, Act iii, Sc.2
"Pray now, forget and forgive"
K Lear, Act iv, Sc.7
Friendship
"I am not of that feather, to shake off my friend when he must need me"
Tim of Ath, Act i, Sc.1
"They that thrive well take counsel of their friends"
Venus & Adonis
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none"
All's Well, Act i, Sc.2
God
"God forgive us all !"
Macbeth, Act v, Sc.1
"God send everyone their heart's desire !"
Much Ado, Act iii, Sc.4
"God shall be my hope, my stay, my guide, and lantern to my feet"
Henry VI, Act ii, Sc.3
Greatness
"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them"
Twelfth N, Act ii, Sc.5
"The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power"
Jul. Caesar, Act ii, Sc.1
Grief
"Honest plain words best pierce the ear of grief"
Love's L L, Act v, Sc.2
"No more be grieved at that which thou hast done"
Sonnet 35
Healing
"What wound did ever heal but by degrees ?"
Othello, Act ii, Sc.3
Heaven
"Heaven hath a hand in these events"
Richard II, Act v, Sc.2
"Ignorance is the curse of God, knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven"
Henry VI, Act iv, Sc.7
They that have the power to hurt, and will do none; they rightly do inherit heaven's graces"
Sonnet 94
"Words without thoughts never to heaven go"
Hamlet, Act iii, Sc.3
"Heaven doth with us as we with torches do; not light them for themselves"
M. for M, Act i, Sc.1
Honour
"If I lose mine honour, I lose myself"
Ant & Cleo, Act iii, Sc.4
"Take honour from me, and my life is done"
Richard II, Act i, Sc.1
"Wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shine, his honour and greatness of his name shall be"
Henry VIII, Act v, Sc.4
Joy
"Joy, gentle friends ! joy, and fresh days of love accompany your hearts !"
Mid N Dr, Act v, Sc.1
Justice
"And God befriend us, as our cause is just"
Henry IV, Act v, Sc.1
"Be just and fear not"
Henry VIII, Act iii, Sc.2
Kindness
"Kindness, nobler ever than revenge"
A Y L I, Act iv, Sc.3
"The course of true love never did run smooth"
Mid N Dr, Act i, Sc.1
"For where thou art, there is the world itself, and where though art not, desolation"
Henry VI, Act iii, Sc.2
"Good night, sweet friend: thy love ne'er alter, till thy sweet life end"
Mid N Dr, Act ii, Sc.3
"I can express no kinder sign of love, than this kind kiss"
Henry VI, Act i, Sc.1
"If music be the food of love, play on"
Twelfth N, Act i, Sc.1
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none"
All's Well, Act i, Sc.1
"Love comforteth like sunshine after rain"
Venus & Adonis
"Love for thy love, and hand for hand I give"
Henry VI, Act iii, Sc.1
"Love's gentle spring doth always fresh remain"
Venus & Adonis
"Love that well which thou must leave ere long"
Sonnet 73
"O, how this spring of love resembleth the uncertain glory
of an April day"
Two G of V, Act i, Sc.3
"O, spirit of love, how quick and fresh art thou !"
Twelfth N, Act i, Sc.1
"Sweet, above thought I love thee"
Troilus & C, Act iii, Sc.1
"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none"
All's Well, Act i, Sc.1
"This is the very ecstasy of love"
Hamlet, Act ii, Sc.1
"Sacred and sweet was all I saw in her"
T of the S, Act i, Sc.1
"Upon thy cheek I lay this zealous kiss, as seal to the indenture of my love"
King John, Act ii, Sc.1
"They do not love that do not show their love"
Two G of V, Act i, Sc.2
"When you depart from me sorrow abides, and happiness takes his leave"
Much Ado, Act i, Sc.1
"Love sought is good, but given unsought is better"
Twelfth N, Act iii, Sc.1
Marriage
"A contract of eternal bond of love confirm'd by mutual joinder of hands"
Twelfth N, Act v, Sc.1
"God, the best maker of marriages, combine your hearts in one !"
Henry V, Act v, Sc.2
"O, two such silver currents, when they join, do glorify the banks than bound them in"
King John, Act ii, Sc.2
Memory
"I'll note you in my book of memory"
Henry VI, Act ii, Sc.4
"Not Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn the living record of your memory"
Sonnet 55
"Praising what is lost, makes the remembrance dear"
All's Well, Act v, Sc.3
"Yet hath my night of life some memory, my wasting lamps some fading glimmer left"
Comedy of E, Act v, Sc.1
"When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought"
Sonnet 30
Men
"His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in him that Nature might stand up and say to all the world, this was a man"
Jul.Caesar, Act v, Sc.5
"He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again"
Hamlet, Act i, Sc.2
"Oh ! the difference of man and man"
K Lear, Act iv, Sc.2
Mind
"In nature there's no blemish but the mind; none can be called deform'd but the unkind"
Twelfth N, Act iii, Sc.4
"It is the mind that makes the body rich"
T of the S, Act iv, Sc.3
Miscellaneous
"A rarer spirit never did steer humanity"
Ant & Cleo, Act v, Sc.1
"A smile re-cures the wounding of a frown"
Venus & Adonis
"Oh ! you gods, why do you make us love your goodly gifts, and snatch them straight away ?"
Pericles, Act iii, Sc. 1
"'Tis better to be brief than tedious"
Richard III, Act i, Sc.4
"Wisely and slow; they stumble who run fast"
Rom & Jul, Act ii, Sc.3
"'Tis good to be sad and say nothing"
A Y L I, Act iv, Sc.1
"To thine own self be true; and it must follow, as the night the day, thou can'st not then be false to any man"
Hamlet, Act i, Sc.3
"What is best, that best I wish in thee"
Troilus & C, Act ii, Sc.2
"My endeavours have ever come too short of my desires"
Henry VIII, Act iii, Sc.2
"The private wound is deepest"
Two G of V, Act v, Sc.4
"Farewell ! thou art too dear for my possessing"
Sonnet 87
"Good night, good night ! parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow"
Rom & Jul, Act ii, Sc.2
"If we do meet again, why, we shall smile; if not,why then this parting was well made"
Jul Caesar, Act v, Sc.1
"When you depart from me sorrow abides, and happiness takes his leave"
Much Ado, Act i, Sc.1
"Give me thy hand, 'tis late; farewell, good night"
Rom & Jul, Act iii, Sc.3
"Safe may'st thou wander, safe return again !"
Cymbeline, Act iii, Sc.5
"Sweets to the sweet; farewell !"
Hamlet, Act v, Sc.1
"The elements be kind to thee, and make thy spirits all of comfort: fare thee well !"
Ant & Cleo, Act iii, Sc.2
Patience
"How poor are they that have not patience"
Othello, Act ii, Sc.3
"I'll be as patient as a gentle stream"
Two G of V, Act ii, Sc.6
Peace
"Peace puts forth her olive everywhere"
Henry IV, Act iv, Sc.4
"Sleep dwell upon thy eyes, peace in thy breast"
Rom & Jul, Act ii, Sc.2
"Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace"
Henry VIII, Act iii, Sc.2
Perfection
"Everything that grows holds in perfection but a little moment"
Sonnet 15
"Incapable of more, replete with you"
Sonnet 113
"All ignorant that soul that sees thee without wonder"
Passionate Pilgrim 3
Praise
"O, flatter me, for love delights in praises"
Two G of V, Act ii, Sc.4
"Your monument shall be my gentle verse, which eyes not yet created shall o'er read"
Sonnet 81
Prayer
"Let never day nor night unhallowed pass, but still remember what the Lord hath done"
Henry VI, Act ii, Sc.1
"To thee I do commend my watchful soul, ere I let fall the windows of mine eyes; sleeping and waking, O, defend me still"
Richd III, Act v, Sc.3
"We, ignorant of ourselves, beg often our own harms, which the wise powers deny us for our good"
Ant & Cleo, Act ii, Sc.1
"Withold thine indignation, mighty heaven, and tempt us not to bear above our power"
King John, Act v, Sc.6
Remembrance
"Praising what is lost, makes the remembrance dear"
All's Well, Act v, Sc.3
"When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought"
Sonnet 30
Reputation
"Defend your reputation, or bid farewell to your good life for ever"
M W of W Act iii, Sc.2
"Good name, in man or woman, is the immediate jewel of their souls"
Othello, Act iii, Sc.3
"He that filches from me my good name, robs me of that which not enriches him, but makes me poor indeed"
Othello, Act iii, Sc.3
"The purest treasure mortal times afford, is spotless reputation"
Richard II, Act i, Sc.i
Silence
"Have more than though showest; speak less than thou knowest; lend less than thou owest"
K Lear, Act i, Sc.4
"I hear, yet say not much, yet hear the more"
Henry IV, Act iv, Sc.1
"I like your silence; it the more shows off your wonder"
Win Tale, Act v, Sc.2
"The silence often, of pure innocence persuades, when speaking fails"
Win Tale, Act ii, Sc.2
Sorrow
"One sorrow never comes but brings an heir"
Pericles, Act i, Sc.1
"Sleep seldom visits sorrow; when it doth, it is a comforter"
Tempest, Act ii, Sc.1
"When sorrow comes, they come not single spies, but in battalions"
Hamlet, Act iv, Sc.5
"I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks"
Twelfth N, Act iii, Sc.3
"I have a kind soul that would give you thanks, and knows not how to do it, but with tears"
King John, Act v, Sc.7
Time
"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late"
M W of W, Act ii, Sc.2
"Do thy worst old Time; despite thy wrong, my love shall in my verse ever live young"
Sonnet 19
"The end crowns all, and that old common arbitrator, time, will one day end it"
Troilus & C, Act iv, Sc.5
"Thus we play the fools with time; and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us"
Henry IV, Act ii, Sc.2
"Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear, thy dial how thy precious minutes waste"
Sonnet 77
"To expostulate why day is day, night night, and time is time, were nothing but to waste night, day, and time"
Hamlet, Act ii, Sc.2
"To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day, to the last syllable of recorded time"
Macbeth, Act v, Sc.5
Truth
"Its not enough to speak, but to speak true"
Mid N Dr, Act v, Sc.1
"The good I stand on is my truth and honesty"
Henry VIII, Act v, Sc.1
"Truth loves open dealing"
Henry VIII, Act iii, Sc.1
"Where is truth if there is no self-trust?"
Rape of Lucrece
Women
"Age cannot whither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety"
Ant & Cleo, Act ii, Sc.2
"Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love"
T of the S, Act iv, Sc.7
"How hard it is for women to keep counsel !"
Jul Caesar, Act ii, Sc.3
"She looked yesternight fairer than ever I saw her look, or any woman else"
Troilus & C, Act i, Sc.1
"Women may fall when there's no strength in men"
Rom & Jul, Act ii, Sc.3
"Woman will love her, that she is a woman more worth than any man; men, that she is the rarest of all women"
Win Tale, Act v, Sc.1
