“Sweet are the uses of adversity.”

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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He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.

We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.