Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better.
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.
We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
