William Shakespeare Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

2,311 Famous Quotes by William Shakespeare
“As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of the castle--and is not a buff jerkin in a most sweet robe of durance?”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Fourth, Part I (Prince Henry at I, ii)
“God save the mark!”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Fourth, Part I (Hotspur at I, iii)
“Now out of this nettle, danger, will I pluck the flower, safety.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Fourth, Part I (Hotspur at II, iii)
“Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Fourth, Part I (Hotspur at II, iii)
“'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you, my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Fourth, Part I (Hotspur at II, iii)
“If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Fourth, Part I (Falstaff at II, iv)
“What! upon compulsion? No!”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Fourth, Part I (Falstaff at II, iv)
“O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Fourth, Part I (Hotspur at III, i)
“I saw young Harry with his visor up.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Fourth, Part I (Vernon at IV, i)
“In poison there is no physic.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Fourth, Part II (Northumberland at I, i)
“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Fourth, Part II (King Henry at III, i)
“Will fortune never come with both hands full, But write her fair words still in foulest letters? She either gives a stomach and no food-- Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich, That have abundance, and enjoy it not.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Fourth, Part II (Harcourt at IV, iv)
“Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Fourth, Part II (King Henry at IV, v)
“Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth Part III (Son at II, v)
“Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset? Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part I (Plantagenet, Duke of York at II, iv)
“Defer no time; delays have dangerous ends.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part I (Reignier at III, ii)
“A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part II (Gloucester at III, i)
“And wer't not madness then To make the fox surveyor of the fold.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part II (Suffolk at III, i)
“Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep, And in his simple show he harbors treason.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part II (Suffolk at III, i)
“Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part II (Suffolk at III, i)
“The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part II (Suffolk at III, i)
“Weeds are shallow-rooted, Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden, And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part II (Queen Margaret at III, i)
“Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, And he but naked, though locked up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part II (King Henry at III, ii)
“What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part II (King Henry at III, ii)
“Great men have reaching hands.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part II (Say at IV, vii)