Thou wouldst as soon go kindle fire with snow as seek to quench the fire of love with words.

Like the 'good' characters in literature, the sane don't have any memorable lines.

Yesterday I memorized Shakespeare, and tomorrow I'm also going to memorize his first name.

The ability for anyone in our generation to self-amuse has sadly been bred out of our species.

Most people say that Shakespeare rocked merely because most people say that Shakespeare rocked.

To paraphrase Oedipus, Hamlet, Lear, and all those guys, "I wish I had known this some time ago.

such wanton, wild, and usual slips/ As are companions noted and most known/ To youth and liberty.

I think he'll be to Rome as is the osprey to the fish, who takes it by sovereignty of nature.

But men may construe things after their fashion, Clean from the purpose of the things themselves.

He made me feel unhinged . . . like he could take me apart and put me back together again and again.

For thy sweet love remembr'd such wealth bringsThat then, I scorn to change my state with kings.

Be not self-willed, for thou art much too fairTo be death’s conquest and make worms thine heir.

If there really is such a thing as turning in one's grave, Shakespeare must get a lot of exercise.

England has two books, the Bible and Shakespeare. England made Shakespeare,but the Bible made England.

Theoretically speaking a good reader should also be a good learner, whatever the century and the place!