Men at some time are masters of their fates; The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. -- Julius Caesar, I.ii.139 --

Previous Shakespearean Quotes

Things are often spoke and seldom meant.
-- Henry VI, III.i.268 --

There's a divinity that shapes our ends,
Rough-hew them how we will.
-- Hamlet, V.ii.10 --

To thine own self be true.
-- Hamlet, I.iii.78 --

I am I, howe'er I was begot.
-- King John, I.i.175 --

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie,
Which we ascribe to heaven.
-- All's Well That Ends Well, I.i.216 --

What's done cannot be undone.
-- Macbeth, V.i.68 --

The worst is not
So long as we can say, "This is the worst."
-- King Lear, IV.i.27 --

'Tis not the many oaths that make the truth,
But the plain single vow that is vow'd true.
-- All's Well That Ends Well, IV.ii.21 --

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man
knows himself to be a fool.
-- As You Like It, V.i.31 --

Hope to joy is little less in joy
Than hope enjoyed.
-- Richard II, II.iii.15 --

Men at some times are masters of their fates;
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
-- Julius Caesar, I.ii.139 --

'Tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honor peereth in the meanest habit.
-- The Taming of the Shrew, IV.iii.172 --

There is nothing either good or bad,
but thinking makes it so.
-- Hamlet, II.ii.249 --

Our doubts are traitors,
And make us lose the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.
-- Measure for Measure, I.iv.77 --