Fight valiantly to-day; and yet I do thee wrong to mind thee of it, for thou art framed of the firm truth of valor.

Though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft let by the nose with gold.

But till all graces be in one woman, one woman shall not come in my grace. Rich she shall be, that's certain; wise, or I'll none; virtuous, or I'll never cheapen her; fair, or I'll never look on her; mild, or come not near me; noble, or not I for an angel; of good discourse, and excellent musician and her hair shall be of what colour it shall please God.

Now, by the world, it is a lusty wench; I love her ten times more than e'er I did: O, how I long to have some chat with her!

Let me not live, after my flame lacks oil, to be the snuff of younger spirits.

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.

Bid the dishonest man mend himself; if he mend, he is no longer dishonest.