110+ William Shakespeare Quotes On Success, Death And Beauty

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". Following is our collection on famous quotes by William Shakespeare on success, death, love.

Top 10 William Shakespeare Quotes

1. Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
2. Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
3. A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.
4. It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
5. The Eyes are the window to your soul
6. Never play with the feelings of others, because you may win the game but the risk is that you will surely lose the person for life time
7. Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it.
8. A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
9. We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
10. Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

William Shakespeare Image Quotes

Hell is empty and all the devils are here. — William Shakespeare

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. — William Shakespeare

The Eyes are the window to your soul — William Shakespeare

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. — William Shakespeare

We know what we are, but know not what we may be. — William Shakespeare

Words spoken can not be recalled so think twice before you speak. — William Shakespeare

Men of few words are the best men." (3.2.41) — William Shakespeare

Have more than you show, Speak less than you know. — William Shakespeare

Our bodies are our gardens... our wills are our gardeners. — William Shakespeare

Expectation is the root of all heartache. — William Shakespeare

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. — William Shakespeare

Now I will believe that there are unicorns. — William Shakespeare

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound. — William Shakespeare

The course of true love never did run smooth. — William Shakespeare

God shall be my hope, my stay, my guide and lantern to my feet. — William Shakespeare

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. — William Shakespeare

Jesters do oft prove prophets. — William Shakespeare

This above all; to thine own self be true. — William Shakespeare

Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye. — William Shakespeare

Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble! — William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Short Quotes

• Men of few words are the best men." (3.2.41)
• Words spoken can not be recalled so think twice before you speak.
• What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.
• Have more than you show, Speak less than you know.
• The best is yet to come.
• Our bodies are our gardens... our wills are our gardeners.
• Expectation is the root of all heartache.
• Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.
• Now I will believe that there are unicorns.
• The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.

William Shakespeare Quotes About Success

All that glitters is not gold. — William Shakespeare

To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first. — William Shakespeare

Let's go hand in hand, not one before another. — William Shakespeare

Slander lives upon succession, For ever housed where it gets possession. — William Shakespeare

Fortune is merry, And in this mood will give us anything. — William Shakespeare

For the success, Although particular, shall give a scantling Of good or bad unto the general; And in such indexes, although small pricks To their subsequent volumes, there is seen The baby figure of the giant mass Of things to come at large. — William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Quotes About Death

Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come. — William Shakespeare

It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing. — William Shakespeare

This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. Away; go. They say there is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death. — William Shakespeare

To die, to sleep - To sleep, perchance to dream - ay, there's the rub, For in this sleep of death what dreams may come. — William Shakespeare

To take arms against a sea of troubles. — William Shakespeare

All that live must die, passing through nature to eternity. — William Shakespeare

Cowards die many times before their deaths;The valiant never taste of death but once. — William Shakespeare

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? — William Shakespeare

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. — William Shakespeare

I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion. — William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Quotes About Love

If thou dost marry, I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry: be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. — William Shakespeare

Love comforteth like sunshine after rain, But Lust's effect is tempest after sun; Love's gentle spring doth always fresh remain, Lust's winter comes ere summer half be done; Love surfeits not, Lust like a glutton dies; Love is all truth, Lust full of forged lies. — William Shakespeare

The course of true love never did run smooth. — William Shakespeare

When I got enough confidence, the stage was gone. When I was sure of losing, I won. When I needed people the most, they left me. When I learnt to dry my tears, I found a shoulder to cry on. And when I mastered the art of hating, somebody started loving me. — William Shakespeare

If music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. — William Shakespeare

Things base and vile, holding no quantity, Love can transpose to form and dignity. Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. Nor hath Love's mind of any judgment taste; Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste. — William Shakespeare

Pray, love, remember: and there is pansies, that's for thoughts. — William Shakespeare

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. — William Shakespeare

My love is deep; the more I give to thee, the more I have, both are infinite. — William Shakespeare

A pair of star-crossed lovers. — William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Quotes About Life

I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed! — William Shakespeare

Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow. — William Shakespeare

Frame your mind to mirth and merriment which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life. — William Shakespeare

There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is. ~William Shakespeare — William Shakespeare

I bear a charmed life. — William Shakespeare

My way of life Is fall'n into the sear and yellow leaf. — William Shakespeare

A light heart lives long. — William Shakespeare

There is a tide in the affairs of men — William Shakespeare

Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting. — William Shakespeare

O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness! — William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Quotes About Beauty

Daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty. — William Shakespeare

Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye. — William Shakespeare

The last taste of sweets is sweetest last. — William Shakespeare

So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows. — William Shakespeare

Make use of time, let not advantage slip. — William Shakespeare

See how she leans her cheek upon her hand. O, that I were a glove upon that hand That I might touch that cheek! — William Shakespeare

Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love. Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues. Let every eye negotiate for itself, And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch Against whose charms faith melteth into blood. — William Shakespeare

What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god. — William Shakespeare

Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath hath had no power yet upon thy beauty. — William Shakespeare

Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! — William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Quotes About Old Age

I have lived long enough. My way of life is to fall into the sere, the yellow leaf, and that which should accompany old age, as honor, love, obedience, troops of friends I must not look to have. — William Shakespeare

Retire me to my Milan, where Every third thought shall be my grave. — William Shakespeare

Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying! — William Shakespeare

Do you set down your name in the scroll of youth, that are written down old with all the characters of age? — William Shakespeare

Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; for in my youth I never did apply hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; and did not, with unbashful forehead, woo the means of weakness and debility: therefore my age is as a lusty winter, frosty but kindly. — William Shakespeare

As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, / I must not look to have; but, in their stead, / Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, / Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not" (5.3.25-28). — William Shakespeare

O sir, you are old; nature in you stands on the very verge of her confine; you should be ruled and led by some discretion, that discerns your fate better than you yourself. — William Shakespeare

Pray, do not mock me. I am a very foolish fond old man, Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less; And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. — William Shakespeare

Last scene of all that ends this strange, eventful history, is second childishness and mere oblivion. I am sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. — William Shakespeare

Give me a staff of honor for mine age, But not a sceptre to control the world. — William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Quotes About Friendship

Good company, good wine, good welcome, can make good people. — William Shakespeare

I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remembering my good Friends — William Shakespeare

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women mearly players. — William Shakespeare

These violent delights have violent ends. — William Shakespeare

There is flattery in friendship. — William Shakespeare

Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly. — William Shakespeare

Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. — William Shakespeare

O no, thy love though much, is not so great, It is my love that keeps mine eye awake, Mine own true love that doth my rest defeat, To play the watchman ever for thy sake. For thee watch I, whilst thou dost wake elsewhere, From me far off, with others all too near. — William Shakespeare

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger. — William Shakespeare

But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restored and sorrows end. — William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Quotes About Adversity

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course. — William Shakespeare

Sweet are the uses of adversity — William Shakespeare

Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head. — William Shakespeare

Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all. — William Shakespeare

Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy. — William Shakespeare

Adversity makes strange bedfellows. — William Shakespeare

Then imitate the action of the tiger; stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. — William Shakespeare

A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry; But were we burdened with light weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain. — William Shakespeare

Past and to come, seems best; things present, worse. — William Shakespeare

A man I am cross'd with adversity. — William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Quotes About Education

Educated men are so impressive. — William Shakespeare

One man in his time plays many parts. — William Shakespeare

Those that do teach young babes Do it with gentle means and easy tasks. — William Shakespeare

I am too old to fawn upon a nurse, Too far in years to be a pupil now. — William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Quotes About Time

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages. — William Shakespeare

We have seen better days. — William Shakespeare

Blow, blow, thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind, As man's ingratitude. — William Shakespeare

Desperate times breed desperate measures — William Shakespeare

Let every man be master of his time. — William Shakespeare

In time the savage bull doth bear the yoke. — William Shakespeare

I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it. — William Shakespeare

Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for love. — William Shakespeare

the time of life is short; To spend that shortness basely were too long. — William Shakespeare

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,Creeps in this petty pace from day to day — William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Quotes About Thou

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. — William Shakespeare

There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings. — William Shakespeare

What though care killed a cat, thou hast mettle enough in thee to kill care. — William Shakespeare

Heaven truly knows that thou art false as hell. — William Shakespeare

Go, write it in a martial hand; be curst and brief; it is no matter how witty, so it be eloquent and fun of invention: taunt him with the licence of ink: if thou thou'st him some thrice, it shall not be amiss; and as many lies as will lie in thy shee. — William Shakespeare

Own more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest. — William Shakespeare

O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil. — William Shakespeare

O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men! — William Shakespeare

O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! — William Shakespeare

Cease to lament for that thou canst not help; and study help for that which thou lamentest. — William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Quotes About World

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. — William Shakespeare

I would not wish any companion in the world but you. — William Shakespeare

A little water clears us of this deed. — William Shakespeare

These flowers are like the pleasures of the world. — William Shakespeare

Sit by my side, and let the world slip: we shall ne'er be younger. — William Shakespeare

Why, then the world ’s mine oyster, Which I with sword will open. — William Shakespeare

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. — William Shakespeare

O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in't! — William Shakespeare

When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun. — William Shakespeare

The world is grown so bad, That wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. — William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare Famous Quotes And Sayings

Hell is empty and all the devils are here. — William Shakespeare

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. — William Shakespeare

The Eyes are the window to your soul — William Shakespeare

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. — William Shakespeare

We know what we are, but know not what we may be. — William Shakespeare

Words spoken can not be recalled so think twice before you speak. — William Shakespeare

Have more than you show, Speak less than you know. — William Shakespeare

Our bodies are our gardens... our wills are our gardeners. — William Shakespeare

Expectation is the root of all heartache. — William Shakespeare

Hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram; The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun, and with him rise weeping. — William Shakespeare

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. — William Shakespeare

Now I will believe that there are unicorns. — William Shakespeare

Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow. — William Shakespeare

Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. — William Shakespeare

The empty vessel makes the loudest sound. — William Shakespeare

The strawberry grows underneath the nettle And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best Neighbour'd by fruit of baser quality. — William Shakespeare

The course of true love never did run smooth. — William Shakespeare

Here's flowers for you; Hot lavender, mints, savoury, marjoram; The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun And with him rises weeping: these are flowers Of middle summer, and I think they are given To men of middle age. — William Shakespeare

God shall be my hope, my stay, my guide and lantern to my feet. — William Shakespeare

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. — William Shakespeare

Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt. — William Shakespeare

The setting sun, and the music at the close, As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last, Writ in rememberance more than long things past. — William Shakespeare

Jesters do oft prove prophets. — William Shakespeare

If we are mark'd to die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour. God's will! I pray thee; wish not one man more. — William Shakespeare

This above all; to thine own self be true. — William Shakespeare

Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye. — William Shakespeare

Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble! — William Shakespeare

Light, seeking light, doth light of light beguile — William Shakespeare

Fair is foul, and foul is fair, hover through fog and filthy air. — William Shakespeare

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. — William Shakespeare

I had rather live with cheese and garlic in a windmill. — William Shakespeare

It is a wise father that knows his own child. — William Shakespeare

The golden age is before us, not behind us. — William Shakespeare

The last taste of sweets is sweetest last. — William Shakespeare

Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow. — William Shakespeare

It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury; signifying nothing. — William Shakespeare

The morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness. — William Shakespeare

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs. — William Shakespeare

A good leg will fall; a straight back will stoop; a black beard will turn white; a curl'd pate will grow bald; a fair face will wither; a full eye will wax hollow: but a good heart, Kate, is the sun and the moon; or, rather, the sun, and not the moon, — for it shines bright, and never changes, but keeps his course truly. — William Shakespeare

Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast. — William Shakespeare

But I am constant as the Northern Star, Of whose true fixed and resting quality There is no fellow in the firmament. — William Shakespeare

Drink, sir, is a great provoker of three things . . . nose-painting, sleep, and urine. Lechery, sir, it provokes, and unprovokes; it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance. — William Shakespeare

How ill white hairs become a fool and jester! — William Shakespeare

No legacy is so rich as honesty. — William Shakespeare

Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find. — William Shakespeare

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. — William Shakespeare

Beware the ides of March. — William Shakespeare

Alas, I am a woman friendless, hopeless! — William Shakespeare

My grief lies all within, And these external manners of lament Are merely shadows to the unseen grief That swells with silence in the tortured soul. — William Shakespeare

Then will I raise aloft the milk-white rose. For whose sweet smell the air shall be perfumed. — William Shakespeare

The wheel is come full circle. — William Shakespeare

All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand! Oh, oh, oh! — William Shakespeare

O God, I could be bound in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space – were it not that I have bad dreams. — William Shakespeare

It provokes the desire but it takes away the performance. Therefore much drink may be said to be an equivocator with lechery: it makes him and it mars him; it sets him on and it takes him off. — William Shakespeare

Good luck lies in odd numbers. — William Shakespeare

A king of infinite space — William Shakespeare

For so work the honey bees, creatures that by a rule in nature teach the act of order to a peopled kingdom. — William Shakespeare

I bear a charmed life. — William Shakespeare

This most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o-erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire. — William Shakespeare

Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself. — William Shakespeare

Confess yourself to heaven, Repent what's past, avoid what is to come, And do not spread the compost on the weeds To make them ranker. — William Shakespeare

We have seen better days. — William Shakespeare

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another. — William Shakespeare

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. — William Shakespeare

But it is a melancholy of mine own, compounded of many simples, extracted from many objects, and indeed the sundry contemplation of my travels, which, by often rumination, wraps me in the most humorous sadness. — William Shakespeare

Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere. — William Shakespeare

All things are ready, if our mind be so. — William Shakespeare

And fearless minds climb soonest unto crowns. — William Shakespeare

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. — William Shakespeare

Do not spread the compost on the weeds. — William Shakespeare

I am giddy, expectation whirls me round. The imaginary relish is so sweet That it enchants my sense. — William Shakespeare

False face must hide what the false heart doth know. — William Shakespeare

Very good orators, when they are out, they will spit; and for lovers, lacking--God warn us!--matter, the cleanliest shift is to kiss. — William Shakespeare

Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. — William Shakespeare

There's rosemary, that's for remembrance. Pray you, love, remember. — William Shakespeare

Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps. — William Shakespeare

I would not wish any companion in the world but you. — William Shakespeare

Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping? — William Shakespeare

He receives comfort like cold porridge. — William Shakespeare

O, swear not by the moon, the fickle moon, the inconstant moon, that monthly changes in her circle orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable — William Shakespeare

Your bait of falsehood takes this carp of truth. — William Shakespeare

Nothing can come of nothing. — William Shakespeare

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course. — William Shakespeare

Life Lessons by William Shakespeare

1. William Shakespeare's works are full of life lessons, such as the power of love, the importance of friendship, and the consequences of ambition.
2. His plays also emphasize the need to be true to oneself and to be mindful of the consequences of one's actions.
3. Through his works, Shakespeare offers timeless lessons about the human condition, such as the power of language and the importance of understanding the complexities of life.