Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it do singe yourself.
William Shakespeare (King Henry VIII) Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Categories: enemy enemies hate rage anger bitterness actions plots self-destruction revenge

And 'tis a kind of good deed to say well;
And yet words are no deeds.
William Shakespeare (King Henry VIII) Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Categories: actions words speech sympathy empathy compassion

A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.
William Shakespeare (King Henry VIII) Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Categories: serenity calm integrity character honesty virtue

I charge thee, fling away ambition;
By that sin fell the angels.
William Shakespeare (King Henry VIII) Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Categories: ambition desire greed avarice vanity pride modesty humility