What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

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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...

To do a great right do a little wrong.

To do a great right do a little wrong.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Love is merely a madness, and, I tell you, deserves as well a dark house...

Love is merely a madness, and, I tell you, deserves as well a dark house...

Death is a fearful thing.

Death is a fearful thing.

The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.

The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.

He was ever precise in promise-keeping.

He was ever precise in promise-keeping.

If thou remember'st not the slightest folly that ever love did make thee run into,...

If thou remember'st not the slightest folly that ever love did make thee run into,...

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

When the age is in, the wit is out.

When the age is in, the wit is out.

Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own

Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own

Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could...

Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could...

Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid...

Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid...

So dear I love him that with him, All deaths I could endure. Without him,...

So dear I love him that with him, All deaths I could endure. Without him,...

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

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

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

You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves.

You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves.

Little by little one walks far

Little by little one walks far