I loved the man [Shakespeare] and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any.

The players often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing, whatsoever he penned, he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, 'Would…

They say princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom.

It is an art to have so much judgment as to apparel a lie well, to give it a good dressing.

Future ages will wonder at us, as the present age wonders at us now.

The heritage of honor and integrity that he had handed down while in his affluence, was never squandered nor dissipated, and so he bore the respect and goodwil…

God has taken away the greatest man of his generation, for Dr. Livingstone stood alone.