- William Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet":
"But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."
- William Shakespeare, "Hamlet":
"To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them."
- William Shakespeare, "Macbeth":
"Double, double, toil and trouble;
Fire burn and caldron bubble."
- Christopher Marlowe, "Doctor Faustus":
"Was this the face that launched a thousand ships,
And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?"
- Oscar Wilde, "The Importance of Being Earnest":
"To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness."
- George Bernard Shaw, "Pygmalion":
"The girl's a genius. She talks like a book.
Do you know, this is the first time I've heard her open her mouth. But she's got brains enough for twenty."