King Henry IV, Part 2

“Presume not that I am the thing I was;For God doth know, so shall the world perceive,That I have turn'd away my former self;So will I those that kept me company.””

— William Shakespeare

“O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frightened thee. That thou no more will weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness?””

— William Shakespeare

“Thou art a very ragged Wart.””

— William Shakespeare

“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.””

— William Shakespeare

“Rumour is a pipeBlown by surmises, jealousies, conjecturesAnd of so easy and so plain a stopThat the blunt monster with uncounted heads,The still-discordant wavering multitude,Can play upon it.””

— William Shakespeare

“By my troth, I care not; a man can die but once; we owe God a death: I'll ne'er bear a base mind: an 't be my destiny, so; an't be not, so: no man's too good to serve's prince; and let it go which way it will, he that dies this year is quit for the next.””

— William Shakespeare

“I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.””

— William Shakespeare

“Upon my tongues continual slanders ride,The which in every language I pronounce,Stuffing the ears of men with false reports.””

— William Shakespeare

“We have heard the chimes at midnight, Master Shallow.””

— William Shakespeare