Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

Quote by Shakespeare

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Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.

Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.

A very honest woman but something given to lie

A very honest woman but something given to lie

Show me someone who doesn't dream about the future and I'll show you someone who...

Show me someone who doesn't dream about the future and I'll show you someone who...

Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?

Use every man after his desert, and who should scape whipping?

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again.

Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again.

Sweet flowers are slow and weeds make haste

Sweet flowers are slow and weeds make haste

Do you set down your name in the scroll of youth, that are written down...

Do you set down your name in the scroll of youth, that are written down...

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none; be able for thine enemy rather...

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none; be able for thine enemy rather...

Teach thy necessity to reason thus; There is no virtue like necessity

Teach thy necessity to reason thus; There is no virtue like necessity

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.

For precious friends hid in death's dateless night.

For precious friends hid in death's dateless night.

Each substance of a grief hath twenty shadows

Each substance of a grief hath twenty shadows

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been,...

A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been,...

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites...

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites...

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.

My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.

O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the...

O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the...