Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o"erwhelm them to men"s eyes.
Hamlet -- I. 2.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds, Makes deeds ill done!
King John -- IV. 2.
DELAY.
That we would do, We should do when we would; for this would changes, And hath abatements and delays as many, As there are tongues, are hands, are accidents; And then this should is like a spendthrift sigh, That hurts by easing.
Hamlet -- IV. 7.
DELUSION.
For love of grace, Lay not that flattering unction to your soul; It will but skin and film the ulcerous place; Whiles rank corruption, mining all within, Infects unseen.
Hamlet -- III. 4.
DISCRETION.
Let"s teach ourselves that honorable stop, Not to outsport discretion.
Oth.e.l.lo -- II. 3.
DOUBTS AND FEARS.
I am cabin"d, cribb"d, confined, bound in To saucy doubts and fears.
Macbeth -- III. 4.
DRUNKENNESS.
Boundless intemperance.
In nature is a tyranny; it hath been Th" untimely emptying of the happy throne, And fall of many kings.
Measure for Measure -- I. 3.
DUTY OWING TO OURSELVES AND OTHERS.
Love all, trust a few, Do wrong to none; be able for thine enemy Rather in power, than use; and keep thy friend Under thy own life"s key; be checked for silence, But never taxed for speech.
All"s Well that Ends Well -- I. 1.
EQUIVOCATION.
But yet I do not like but yet, it does allay The good precedence; fye upon but yet: But yet is as a gailer to bring forth Some monstrous malefactor.
Antony and Cleopatra -- II. 5.
EXCESS.
A surfeit of the sweetest things The deepest loathing to the stomach brings.
Midsummer Night"s Dream -- II. 3.
Every inordinate cup is unblessed, and the ingredient is a devil.
Oth.e.l.lo -- II. 3.
FALSEHOOD.
Falsehood, cowardice, and poor descent, Three things that women hold in hate.
Two Gentlemen of Verona -- III. 2.