God's bodkin, man, much better: use every man after his desert, and who shall scape whipping? Use them after your own honor and dignity -- the less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty?

Quote by Shakespeare

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The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be...

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be...

To do a great right do a little wrong.

To do a great right do a little wrong.

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

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

I have a bone to pick with Fate

I have a bone to pick with Fate

My pride fell with my fortunes.

My pride fell with my fortunes.

I will instruct my sorrows to be proud For grief is proud an't makes his...

I will instruct my sorrows to be proud For grief is proud an't makes his...

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.

There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall

I am not covetous for gold; but if it be a sin to covet honor,...

I am not covetous for gold; but if it be a sin to covet honor,...

Beggars mounted run their horses to death.

Beggars mounted run their horses to death.

I must be cruel only to be kind

I must be cruel only to be kind

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together; Youth is full of pleasance, age full of...

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together; Youth is full of pleasance, age full of...

Is there no way for men to be, but women Must be half-workers?

Is there no way for men to be, but women Must be half-workers?

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...

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.

He that is proud eats up himself; pride in his glass, his trumpet, his chronicle;...

He that is proud eats up himself; pride in his glass, his trumpet, his chronicle;...

Oh God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their...

Oh God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their...

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that...

It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that...

Money can't buy friends but it can get you a better class of enemy

Money can't buy friends but it can get you a better class of enemy

When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life...

When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life...