“There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.”
— William Shakespeare
Life
“When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.”
— William Shakespeare
Great
“But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.”
— William Shakespeare
Happiness
“The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, which hurts and is desired.”
— William Shakespeare
Death
“Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.”
— William Shakespeare
Love
“The evil that men do lives after them the good is oft interred with their bones.”
— William Shakespeare
Good
“I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.”
— William Shakespeare
Good
“Death is a fearful thing.”
— William Shakespeare
Death
“Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.”
— William Shakespeare
Faith
“Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.”
— William Shakespeare
Life
“As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.”
— William Shakespeare
Love
“The golden age is before us, not behind us.”
— William Shakespeare
Age
“Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear.”
— William Shakespeare
Good
“If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.”
— William Shakespeare
Time
“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.”
— William Shakespeare
Love
“Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness.”
— William Shakespeare
Hope
“How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?”
— William Shakespeare
Patience
“Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.”
— William Shakespeare
Fear
“Men's vows are women's traitors!”
— William Shakespeare
Men
“The love of heaven makes one heavenly.”
— William Shakespeare
Love