Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course,
Chief nourisher in life’s feast.
Macbeth – II. 2
SUICIDE.
Against self-slaughter
There is a prohibition so divine,
That cravens my weak hand.
Cymbeline – III. 4
TEMPERANCE.
Though I look old, yet am I strong and lusty:
For in my youth I never did apply
Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood;
Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo
The means of weakness and debility:
Therefore my age is as a lusty winter,
Frosty, but kindly.
As You Like It – II. 3
THEORY AND PRACTICE.
There was never yet philosopher,
That could endure the tooth-ache patiently;
However, they have writ the style of the gods,
And made a pish at chance and sufferance.
Much Ado About Nothing – V. 1
TREACHERY.
Though those, that are betrayed,
Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor
Stands in worse case of woe.
Cymbeline – III. 4
VALOR.
The better part of valor is-discretion.
King Henry IV., Part 1st – V. 4
When Valor preys on reason,
It eats the sword it fights with.
Antony and Cleopatra – III. 2
What valor were it, when a cur doth grin
For one to thrust his band between his teeth,
When he might spurn him with his foot away?
King Henry VI., Part 1st – I. 4
WAR.
Take care
How you awake the sleeping sword of war:
We charge you in the name of God, take heed.
King Henry IV., Part 1st – I. 2
WELCOME.
Welcome ever smiles,
And farewell goes out sighing.
Troilus and Cressida – III. 3.
WINE.
Good wine is a good familiar creature,
if it be well used.
Othello – II. 3
O thou invisible spirit of wine,
if thou hast no name to be known by,
let us call thee – devil!.. O, that
men should put an enemy in their mouths,
to steal away their brains!
that we should with joy, revel,
pleasure, and applause,
transform ourselves into beasts!
Othello – II. 3
WOMAN.
A woman impudent and mannish grown
Is not more loathed than an effeminate man.
Troilus and Cressida – III. 3
WORDS.