A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry; But were we burdened with like weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain. -William Shakespeare Action is eloquence. -William Shakespeare And since you know you cannot see yourself, so well as by reflection, I, your glass, will modestly discover to yourself, that of yourself which you yet know not of. -William Shakespeare And thus I clothe my naked villainy With old odd ends, stol'n forth of holy writ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil. -William Shakespeare Assume a virtue, if you have it not. -William Shakespeare Be great in act, as you have been in thought. -William Shakespeare Blow, blow, thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind, As man's ingratitude. -William Shakespeare Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood. -William Shakespeare Free from gro...