“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”
Cassius, Act I, scene ii.
Variant: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.
Source: Julius Caesar
Brutus, Act IV, scene iii.
Source: Julius Caesar (1599)
“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.”
Source: The Merchant of Venice
“In time we hate that which we often fear.”
Source: Antony and Cleopatra
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.”
Malvolio, Act II, scene v.
Variant: Some are born great, others achieve greatness.
Source: Twelfth Night (1601)
Variant: Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
Source: Julius Caesar
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
Touchstone, Act V, scene i
Source: As You Like It (1599–1600)
“And make death proud to take us.”
Source: Antony and Cleopatra
“To be, or not to be, that is the question”
Source: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/56965/speech-to-be-or-not-to-be-that-is-the-question