Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for such contempt.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.
I was adored once too.
Men shut their doors against a setting sun.
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
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.
Love is too young to know what conscience is.
The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.
The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.
‘Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of.
When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
An overflow of good converts to bad.
If it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul.
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
Death is a fearful thing.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other’s welfare, social justice can never be attained.
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.