This above all: to thine own self be true

That deep torture may be called a hell, When more is felt than one hath power to tell.

Time's glory is to calm contending kings, To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light.

What cannot be eschewed must be embraced

Beauty itself doth of itself persuade The eyes of men without an orator.

Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments.

On a day — alack the day! — Love, whose month is ever May, Spied a blossom passing fair Playing in the wanton air