This above all; 

to thine own self be true.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

It is not in the stars 

to hold our destiny 

but in ourselves.

Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, 

so do our minutes, 

hasten to their end.

One touch of nature 

makes the whole world kin.

For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich

Listen to many, 

speak to a few.

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,

Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

The robbed that smiles 

steals something from the thief.

Heat not a furnace for your own foe so hot 

That it do singe yourself.

Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.

It is neither good nor bad, 

but thinking makes it so.

All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players:

They have their exits and their entrances;

And one man in his time plays many parts …

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player

That struts and frets his hour upon the stage

And then is heard no more: it is a tale

Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

Signifying nothing.

The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.