* "Hope is the dream of a waking man." - The Tempest, Act 5, Scene 1.
* "Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing." - Troilus and Cressida, Act 1, Scene 2.
* "O, hope, sweet flatterer, whose breath blows bubbles as light as air!" - Measure for Measure, Act 5, Scene 1.
* "And sweet hope kindled in the glooming dawn." - The Sonnets, Sonnet 121.
* "Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that." - Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act 2, Scene 7.
* "My hope is in your will." - Cymbeline, Act 5, Scene 4.
* "Hope is a lively thing." - The Two Noble Kinsmen, Act 1, Scene 1.
* "Hope is a fool, a cheat." - Timon of Athens, Act 5, Scene 1.
* "Hope is a lover's staff, walk hence with that." - Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act 2, Scene 7.