- Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
- 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.
- It is a wise father that knows his own child.
- Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.
- How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?