I must be cruel, only to be kind:<br>Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below:<br>Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

O, woe is me,<br>To have seen what I have seen, see what I see!

I have heard of your paintings too, well enough; God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another.

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Get thee to a nunnery, go.

The devil hath power <br>To assume a pleasing shape.

What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god!

Prefer loss to the wealth of dishonest gain; the former vexes you for a time; the latter will bring you lasting remorse.

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