Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.

Quote by Shakespeare

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He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.

He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer.

A light heart lives long

A light heart lives long

I wear not My dagger in my mouth

I wear not My dagger in my mouth

I am ill at these numbers

I am ill at these numbers

Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.

Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs

Love is supposed to start with bells ringing and go downhill from there. But it...

Love is supposed to start with bells ringing and go downhill from there. But it...

Hanging and wiving goes by destiny

Hanging and wiving goes by destiny

It is meat and drink to me to see a clown.

It is meat and drink to me to see a clown.

The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, grapple them to thy soul with hoops...

The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, grapple them to thy soul with hoops...

Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.

Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends.

Take heed, be wary how you place your words;Talk like the vulgar sort of market...

Take heed, be wary how you place your words;Talk like the vulgar sort of market...

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 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.

How now, wit! Whither wander you?

How now, wit! Whither wander you?

I dote on his very absence.

I dote on his very absence.

The better part of valour is discretion.

The better part of valour is discretion.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

In my time of dyin', want nobody to moan All I want them to do...

In my time of dyin', want nobody to moan All I want them to do...

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and...

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and...