William Shakespeare

“To be, or not to be: that is the question.”

“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.”

“The course of true love never did run smooth.”

“What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”

“If music be the food of love, play on.”

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”

“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

“This above all: to thine own self be true.”

“All that glisters is not gold.”

“Brevity is the soul of wit.”

“Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.”

“Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.”

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”

“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”

“When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.”

“O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-ey'd monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.”

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.”

“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.”