A college of wit-crackers cannot flout me out of my humor. Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram? William Shakespeare More Quotes by William Shakespeare More Quotes From William Shakespeare When I was at home I was in a better place William Shakespeare touchstones better-place home Glory is like a circle in the water William Shakespeare dignity circles water Full fathom five thy father lies William Shakespeare nymphs father lying O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven William Shakespeare smell dignity heaven All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Teach thy necessity to reason thus; There is no virtue like necessity. William Shakespeare eye wise happiness This is a gift that I have, simple, simple; a foolish extravagant spirit full of forms, figures, shapes, objects, ideas, apprehensions, motions, revolutions; these are begot in the ventricle of memory, nourished in the womb of pia mater, and delivered upon the mellowing of occasion. William Shakespeare simple memories ideas Friends now fast sworn, William Shakespeare passion sleep heart Hereditary sloth instructs me. William Shakespeare hereditary sloth Awake, awake, English nobility! Let not sloth dim your horrors new-begot. William Shakespeare awake horror sloth These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor; This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome. William Shakespeare rome cardinals sloth And to the English court assemble now, From every region, apes of idleness! William Shakespeare court apes sloth Of all the fair resort of gentlemen William Shakespeare encounters gentleman opinion Now the fair goddess, Fortune, William Shakespeare deep-love fairness fall Fair, kind, and true, have often lived alone. William Shakespeare fairs fairness kind Even so; an't please your worship, Brakenbury, William Shakespeare queens kings wise He was too good to be William Shakespeare quality eye men And she's fair I love. William Shakespeare fairs fairness Virtuous and fair, royal and gracious. William Shakespeare gracious royal fairness 'Tis not to make me jealous William Shakespeare jealous wife play That if you be honest and fair, your honesty should admit no discourse to your beauty. William Shakespeare hamlet-and-ophelia fairness honesty