Hast thou a favourite quote by the bard Shakespeare?

Shall I compare thee to a summers day

To thine own self be true.
(Hamlet)

Parting is such sweet sorrow
Romeo and Juliet

Love is not love which alters where it alteration finds

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them

While thee live, Tell the truth and shame the devil!

Hark what light through yonder window breaks , it is the sun and juliet is the east.

To be or not to be, that is the question.

my favourite quote is A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

To be or not to be, that is the question.

A dish fit for the Gods

'Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it'

Romeo and Juliet

Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.

I have of late, and wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth.

From Hamlet.

“Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.”
MacBeth
It's such a true statement - sorrow has no words but has the power to break a heart. And if mourning is not done properly, it can do much damage. I teach Macbeth and I love it when pupils suddenly 'understand' how these wise words of Shakespeare are so relevant today. I remember when I first understood this quote after my mum died, and I made sure I grieved, as those words reminded me I would do more damage to myself and all around if I didn't.
I'd love these books..great competition thanks

Two households, both alike in dignity
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents' strife.

Am I too late? Well, here's my favourite quote...

'Item, I give unto my wife my second best bed, with the furniture.' Will 1616

I rather like (from Henry V): “You have witchcraft in your lips”

I wish a man would say that to me...!

The world [...] is a stage where everyone must play their part; and mine is a sad one.

(The Merchant of Venice)

Hamlet

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come

A line that has always made me wonder.....