- "Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by this sun of York." (Act I, Scene I)
- "I am determined to prove a villain, and hate the idle pleasures of these days." (Act I, Scene I)
- "But I was born so high, our aery buildeth in the cedar's top, and dallies with the wind, and scorns the sun." (Act I, Scene III)
- "This is the forest where he dies. I see the blood upon the leaves and in the air." (Act V, Scene II)
- "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" (Act V, Scene IV)
- "Off with his head! So much for Buckingham!" (Act V, Scene I)
- "Was ever woman in such humor wooed? Was ever woman in such humor won?" (Act I, Scene II)
- "Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, by drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams." (Act IV, Scene IV)
- "There the antic sits, mocking our state, and grinning at his own deformity. Are the lips shut, or shall I speak?" (Act I, Scene I)
- "All unavoided is the doom of destiny." (Act IV, Scene IV)