I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking: I could well wish courtesy would invent some other custom of entertainment

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Courtesy Quotes

To be a well-flavored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read...

To be a well-flavored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read...

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

Good luck is often with the man who doesn't include it in his plans

Good luck is often with the man who doesn't include it in his plans

Thou has done a deed whereat valour will weep.

Thou has done a deed whereat valour will weep.

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I...

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I...

The courses of true love never did run smooth.

The courses of true love never did run smooth.

She's gone. I am abused, and my relief must be to loathe her.

She's gone. I am abused, and my relief must be to loathe her.

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

Two may keep counsel, putting one away

Two may keep counsel, putting one away

I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me...

I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me...

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

It is a wise father that knows his own child.

If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels...

If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels...

Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty:...

Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty:...

For a quart of Ale is a dish for a King

For a quart of Ale is a dish for a King

For precious friends hid in death's dateless night.

For precious friends hid in death's dateless night.

Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such a woman oweth to her...

Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such a woman oweth to her...

A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart.

A woman would run through fire and water for such a kind heart.

His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, and his countenance enforces homage.

His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, and his countenance enforces homage.

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.

Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.

Horses make a landscape look beautiful

Horses make a landscape look beautiful