“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.”

— William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act 2, 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 long, dull monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather.”

“A minute's success pays the failure of years.”

“Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior.”

“Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth / A youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown.”

“The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young.”

“The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.”