I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry, stealing, fighting.

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none; be able for thine enemy rather...

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none; be able for thine enemy rather...

Love and reason keep little company together

Love and reason keep little company together

You may my glories and my state depose, But not my griefs; still am I...

You may my glories and my state depose, But not my griefs; still am I...

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?

When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of...

When we are born we cry that we are come to this great stage of...

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

Striving to be better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to be better, oft we mar what's well.

Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.

Let every eye negotiate for itself and trust no agent.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

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,...

My revenue is the silly cheat

My revenue is the silly cheat

Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who...

Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who...

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.

I am ill at these numbers

I am ill at these numbers

Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they...

Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they...

Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy

Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

Give advice; if people don't listen, let adversity teach them

Give advice; if people don't listen, let adversity teach them

How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical...

How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical...