No man is so foolish but may give another good counsel sometimes; and no man is so wise, but may easily err, if he will take no others counsel but his own. But very few men are wise by their own counsel; or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself had a fool to his master.

All discourses but my own afflict me; they seem harsh, impertinent, and irksome

How ready is heaven to those that pray!

I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never plotted out a line. My answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand.

Let argument bear no unmusical sound.

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

Well, as he brews, so shall he drink.