Shakespeare Quotes by Theme

To be or not to be, that is the question. – Hamlet

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. – As You Like It

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. – Macbeth

The course of true love never did run smooth. – A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend. – Hamlet

If music be the food of love, play on. – Twelfth Night

My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite. – Romeo and Juliet

This above all: to thine own self be true. – Hamlet

The lady doth protest too much, methinks. – Hamlet

What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. – Romeo and Juliet

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. – All’s Well That Ends Well

Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have Immortal longings in me. – Antony and Cleopatra

All that glisters is not gold. – The Merchant of Venice

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. – Julius Caesar

To thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. – Hamlet

Shakespeare Quotes by Theme part 2

This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, often the surfeits of our own behaviour, we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars. – King Lear

Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast. – Romeo and Juliet

The better part of valor is discretion. – Henry IV, Part 1

The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers. – Henry VI, Part 2

Brevity is the soul of wit. – Hamlet

Love is blind, and lovers cannot see. – The Merchant of Venice

Hell is empty and all the devils are here. – The Tempest

Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. – Julius Caesar

What’s past is prologue. – The Tempest

We know what we are, but know not what we may be. – Hamlet

The quality of mercy is not strained. – The Merchant of Venice

What’s done is done. – Macbeth

Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow. – Romeo and Juliet

How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child! – King Lear

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better. – Twelfth Night

Life is but a walking shadow. – Macbeth

They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps. – Love’s Labour’s Lost

Now is the winter of our discontent. – Richard III

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. – As You Like It

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em. – Twelfth Night

Love and be silent. – Much Ado About Nothing

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. – Hamlet

Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest. – King Lear

All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. – Macbeth

The sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness. – Henry IV, Part 2

If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? – The Merchant of Venice

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. – Troilus and Cressida

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief. – Othello

I hate the Moor, And it is thought abroad that ‘twixt my sheets He’s done my office. – Othello

O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on. – Othello

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. – Henry V

I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety. – Henry V

Love’s heralds should be thoughts, Which ten times faster glide than the sun’s beams. – Venus and Adonis

I bear a charmed life. – Macbeth