Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?
William Shakespeare

It is a wise father that knows his own child.
William Shakespeare

It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.
William Shakespeare

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
William Shakespeare

It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions.
William Shakespeare

It will have blood, they say; blood will have blood.
William Shakespeare

Lawless are they that make their wills their law.
William Shakespeare

Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.
William Shakespeare

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.
William Shakespeare

Let no such man be trusted.
William Shakespeare

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.
William Shakespeare

Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.
William Shakespeare

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

Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.
William Shakespeare

Listen to many, speak to a few.
William Shakespeare

Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!
William Shakespeare

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
William Shakespeare

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.
William Shakespeare

Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds.
William Shakespeare

Love is too young to know what conscience is.
William Shakespeare