"O, mickle is the powerful grace that lies In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities: For nought so vile that on the earth doth live But to the earth some special good doth give, Nor aught so good but strain'd from that fair use Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse: Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied; And vice sometimes by action dignified."

Romeo and Juliet. Act ii. Sc. 3.

"Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie."

Romeo and Juliet. Act ii. Sc. 3.

"Thy old groans ring yet in my ancient ears."

Romeo and Juliet. Act ii. Sc. 3.

"Stabbed with a white wench's black eye."

Romeo and Juliet. Act ii. Sc. 4.

"The courageous captain of complements."

Romeo and Juliet. Act ii. Sc. 4.

"One, two, and the third in your bosom."

Romeo and Juliet. Act ii. Sc. 4.

"O flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified!"

Romeo and Juliet. Act ii. Sc. 4.

"I am the very pink of courtesy."

Romeo and Juliet. Act ii. Sc. 4.

"A gentleman, nurse, that loves to hear himself talk, and will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month."

Romeo and Juliet. Act ii. Sc. 4.

"My man 's as true as steel."

Romeo and Juliet. Act ii. Sc. 4.

"These violent delights have violent ends."

Romeo and Juliet. Act ii. Sc. 6.

"Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow."

Romeo and Juliet. Act ii. Sc. 6.

"Here comes the lady! O, so light a foot Will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint."

Romeo and Juliet. Act ii. Sc. 6.

"Thy head is as full of quarrels as an egg is full of meat."

Romeo and Juliet. Act iii. Sc. 1.

"A word and a blow."

Romeo and Juliet. Act iii. Sc. 1.

"A plague o' both your houses!"

Romeo and Juliet. Act iii. Sc. 1.

"Mer. No, 't is not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church-door; but 't is enough, 't will serve."

Romeo and Juliet. Act iii. Sc. 1.

"When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun."

Romeo and Juliet. Act iii. Sc. 2.

"Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical!"

Romeo and Juliet. Act iii. Sc. 2.

"Was ever book containing such vile matter So fairly bound? O, that deceit should dwell In such a gorgeous palace!"

Romeo and Juliet. Act iii. Sc. 2.

"Thou cutt'st my head off with a golden axe."

Romeo and Juliet. Act iii. Sc. 3.

"They may seize On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand And steal immortal blessing from her lips, Who, even in pure and vestal modesty, Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin."

Romeo and Juliet. Act iii. Sc. 3.

"The damned use that word in hell."

Romeo and Juliet. Act iii. Sc. 3.

"Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy."

Romeo and Juliet. Act iii. Sc. 3.

"Taking the measure of an unmade grave."

Romeo and Juliet. Act iii. Sc. 3.

"Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops."

Romeo and Juliet. Act iii. Sc. 5.

"Straining harsh discords and unpleasing sharps."

Romeo and Juliet. Act iii. Sc. 5.

"All these woes shall serve For sweet discourses in our time to come."

Romeo and Juliet. Act iii. Sc. 5.

"Villain and he be many miles asunder."

Romeo and Juliet. Act iii. Sc. 5.

"Thank me no thanks, nor proud me no prouds."

Romeo and Juliet. Act iii. Sc. 5.

"Not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty."

Romeo and Juliet. Act iv. Sc. 2.

"My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne."

Romeo and Juliet. Act v. Sc. 1.

"I do remember an apothecary,-- And hereabouts he dwells."

Romeo and Juliet. Act v. Sc. 1.

"Meagre were his looks, Sharp misery had worn him to the bones."

Romeo and Juliet. Act v. Sc. 1.

"A beggarly account of empty boxes."

Romeo and Juliet. Act v. Sc. 1.

"Famine is in thy cheeks."

Romeo and Juliet. Act v. Sc. 1.

"The world is not thy friend nor the world's law."

Romeo and Juliet. Act v. Sc. 1.

"Rom. I pay thy poverty, and not thy will."

Romeo and Juliet. Act v. Sc. 1.

"The strength Of twenty men."

Romeo and Juliet. Act v. Sc. 1.

"One writ with me in sour misfortune's book."

Romeo and Juliet. Act v. Sc. 3.

"Her beauty makes This vault a feasting presence full of light."

Romeo and Juliet, Act v. Sc. 3.

"Beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there."

Romeo and Juliet, Act v. Sc. 3.

"Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your last embrace!"

Romeo and Juliet, Act v. Sc. 3.

"But flies an eagle flight, bold and forth on, Leaving no tract behind."

Timon of Athens. Act i. Sc. 1.

"Here 's that which is too weak to be a sinner,--honest water, which ne'er left man i' the mire."

Timon of Athens. Act i. Sc. 2.

"Immortal gods, I crave no pelf; I pray for no man but myself; Grant I may never prove so fond, To trust man on his oath or bond."

Timon of Athens. Act i. Sc. 2.

"Men shut their doors against a setting sun."

Timon of Athens. Act i. Sc. 2.

"Every room Hath blazed with lights and bray'd with minstrelsy."

Timon of Athens. Act ii. Sc. 2.

"'T is lack of kindly warmth."

Timon of Athens. Act ii. Sc. 2.

"Every man has his fault, and honesty is his."

Timon of Athens. Act iii. Sc. 1.