As You Like It "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" -- William Shakespeare, As You LIke It (Act II, Scene VII). "Blow, blow, thou winter wind! Thou art not so unkind as man's ingratitude". -- William Shakespeare, As You LIke It (Act II, Scene VII). Hamlet "Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry". - -- William Shakespeare, Hamlet (Act I, Scene III). "This above all: to thine own self be true". -- William Shakespeare, Hamlet (Act I, Scene III). "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so". -- William Shakespeare, Hamlet (Act II, Scene II). "What a piece of work is man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals! ". -- William Shakespeare, Hamlet (Act II, Scene II). To be, or not to be: that is the question". -- William Shakespeare, Hamlet (Act III, Scene I). "The lady doth protest too much, methinks". -- William Shakespeare, Hamlet (Act III, Scene II). Julius Caesar "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, Julius Caesar (Act II, Scene II). "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him". -- William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar (Act III, Scene II). King Lear "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!" -- William Shakespeare, King Lear (Act I, Scene IV). "The worst is not, So long as we can say, 'This is the worst.' " . -- William Shakespeare, King Lear (Act IV, Scene I). King Richard III "Now is the winter of our discontent". -- William Shakespeare, King Richard III (Act I, Scene I). "A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!". -- William Shakespeare, King Richard III (Act V, Scene IV). Macbeth "When shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning, or in rain? When the hurlyburly 's done, When the battle 's lost and won". -- William Shakespeare, Macbeth (Act I, Scene I). "All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand." -- William Shakespeare, Macbeth (Act V, Scene I). "Out, out, brief candle! 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, Macbeth (Act V, Scene V). The Merchant of Venice "If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?". -- William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (Act III, Scene I). Romeo and Juliet "O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?". -- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (Act II, Scene II). "It is the east, and Juliet is the sun" . -- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (Act II, Scene II). "Good Night, Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow." -- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (Act II, Scene II). "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet". -- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (Act II, Scene II). Twelfth Night "Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them". -- William Shakespeare, Twelth Night (Act II, Scene V).

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