This above all - to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as night follows day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

Quote by Shakespeare

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Honesty is not the best policy - merely the safest

Honesty is not the best policy - merely the safest

An overflow of good converts to bad.

An overflow of good converts to bad.

Love and reason keep little company together

Love and reason keep little company together

Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where...

Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where...

Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked;...

Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked;...

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

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

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

I dote on his very absence.

I dote on his very absence.

Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood

Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood

That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man, if with his tongue...

That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man, if with his tongue...

O' What may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side!

O' What may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side!

When the age is in, the wit is out.

When the age is in, the wit is out.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be. For loan oft loses both itself and friend,...

Neither a borrower nor a lender be. For loan oft loses both itself and friend,...

Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.

Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.

O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by,...

O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by,...

When most I wink, then do my eyes best see

When most I wink, then do my eyes best see

Youth is full of sport, age's breath is short; youth is nimble, age is lame;...

Youth is full of sport, age's breath is short; youth is nimble, age is lame;...

What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.

What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.

He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.

He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.