“Golden lads and girls all must, as chimney-sweepers, come to dust.”

— William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act 4, Scene 2

About William Shakespeare

1564 – 1616

English playwright and poet, author of 'Hamlet', 'Macbeth' and 'Romeo and Juliet'.

“To thine own self be true.”

“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.”

“Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.”

“Let whatever appears to be the best be to you an inviolable law.”

“Remember that all is opinion.”

“Death, like generation, is a secret of Nature.”

“Ask yourself at every moment, "Is this necessary?"”

“Disturbance comes only from within—from our own perceptions.”

“By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.”