Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Prudence Quotes

What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in...

What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in...

Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array, Days of absence, I...

Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array, Days of absence, I...

Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.

Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Show me someone who doesn't dream about the future and I'll show you someone who...

Show me someone who doesn't dream about the future and I'll show you someone who...

Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the...

Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the...

I am not bound to please thee with my answer.

I am not bound to please thee with my answer.

Death is a fearful thing.

Death is a fearful thing.

Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to...

Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to...

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

Men's vows are women's traitors!

Men's vows are women's traitors!

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

Now boast thee, death, in thy possession lies A lass unparalleled.

Now boast thee, death, in thy possession lies A lass unparalleled.

I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep...

I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep...

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites...

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites...

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

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

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister...

There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister...