William Shakespeare Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

2,311 Famous Quotes by William Shakespeare
“The silver livery of advised age.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part II (Young Clifford at V, ii)
“A woman's general. What should we fear?”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part III (Richard, Duke of Gloucester at I, ii)
“But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear, That things ill got had ever bad success?”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part III (King Henry at II, ii)
“The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on, And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part III (Clifford at II, ii)
“The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part III (Clifford at II, ii)
“Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part III (King Henry at III, i)
“Trust not him that hath once broken faith.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part III (Queen Elizabeth at IV, iv)
“A little fire is quickly trodden out; Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part III (Clarence at IV, viii)
“What! can so young a thorn begin to prick?”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part III (King Edward at V, v)
“Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind! The thief doth fear each bush an officer.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part III (Gloucester at V, vi)
“The bird that hath been limed in a bush With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part III (King Henry at V, vi)
“Nothing can come of nothing.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Lear (King Lear at I, i)
“Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Lear (Cordelia at I, i)
“Whose nature is so far from doing harms, That he suspects none.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Lear (Edmund at I, ii)
“Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Lear (Fool at I, iv)
“Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest, Ride more than thou goest, Learn more than thou trowest, Set less than thou throwest; Leave thy drink and thy whore, And keep in-a-door, And thou shalt have more Than two tens to a score.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Lear (Fool at I, iv)
“He that keeps nor crust nor crumb, Weary of all shall want some.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Lear (Fool at I, iv)
“How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is, To have a thankless child.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Lear (King Lear at I, iv)
“Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Lear (Albany at I, iv)
“Truth is a dog that must to kennel. He must be whipped, when Lady, the brach, may stand by the fire and stink.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Lear (Fool at I, iv)
“O let not women's weapons, water-drops, Stain my man's cheeks!”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Lear (King Lear at II, iv)
“When we our betters see bearing our woes, We scarcely think our miseries our foes.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Lear (Edgar at III, vi)
“Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Lear (King Lear at IV, vi)
“Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks; Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Lear (King Lear at IV, vi)
“Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman.”
Proverbs Quotes
Source: King Lear (King Lear at V, iii)
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