“Love is merely a madness.”

Playwright and poet · 1564 – 1616

English playwright and poet, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language; author of Hamlet and Macbeth.

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Having nothing, nothing can he lose.

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

Go to your bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.

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

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.