My comfort is, that old age, that ill layer-up of beauty, can do no more spoil upon my face.

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.

There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them.

Speak low, if you speak love.

Speak low, if you speak love.

When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner.

When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest winner.

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of...

This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of...

Misery acquaints a man with strange bed-fellows

Misery acquaints a man with strange bed-fellows

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day,...

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day,...

Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array, Days of absence, I...

Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array, Days of absence, I...

The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of...

The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of...

I never see thy face but I think upon hell-fire.

I never see thy face but I think upon hell-fire.

Look down you gods, and on this couple drop a blessed crown.

Look down you gods, and on this couple drop a blessed crown.

Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks

Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks

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

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

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would...

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would...

She's beautiful, and therefore to be woo'd She is a woman, therefore to be won

She's beautiful, and therefore to be woo'd She is a woman, therefore to be won

I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.

I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.

Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.

Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.

Let no such man be trusted.

Let no such man be trusted.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.