“Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage.”

— William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5

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.”

“The wise man will live as long as he ought, not as long as he can.”

“In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught; but in life there are many things to draw us aside.”

“That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within.”

“The universe is flux, life is opinion.”

“You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.”

“You will find rest from vain fancies if you perform every act in life as though it were your last.”