"Thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judge of thine own cause."

"'Tis beauty that doth oft make women proud; but, God He knows, thy share thereof is small."

"Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course."

"When sorrows come, they come not single spies, But in battalions."

"I hold ambition of so light a quality that is is but a shadow's shadow."

"Since Cleopatra died, I have liv'd in such dishonour that the gods Detest my baseness."

"No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good."

"I think that is what love is - when it's unimaginable to be away from the person, and you care about what makes them happy more than what makes you happy."

"Stranger in a strange country."

"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true."

"The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money."

"Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on."