“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”

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

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

We are such stuff as dreams are made on.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

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

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.

Sweet are the uses of adversity.