Part 54

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

Troilus and Cressida -- III. 3.

NEWS, GOOD AND BAD.

Though it be honest, it is never good To bring bad news. Give to a gracious message An host of tongues; but let ill tidings tell Themselves, when they be felt.

Antony and Cleopatra -- II. 5.

OFFICE.

'Tis the curse of service; Preferment goes by letter, and affection, Not by the old gradation, where each second Stood heir to the first.

Othello -- I. 1.

OPPORTUNITY.

Who seeks, and will not take when offered, Shall never find it more.

Antony and Cleopatra -- II. 7.

There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows, and in miseries: And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.

Julius Caesar -- IV. 3.

OPPRESSION.

Press not a falling man too far; 'tis virtue: His faults lie open to the laws; let them, Not you, correct them.

King Henry VIII. -- III. 2.

PAST AND FUTURE.

O thoughts of men accurst! Past, and to come, seem best; things present, worst.

King Henry IV., Part 2d -- I. 3.

PATIENCE.

How poor are they, that have not patience!-- What wound did ever heal, but by degrees?

Othello -- II. 3.

PEACE.

A peace is of the nature of a conquest; For then both parties nobly are subdued, And neither party loser.

King Henry IV., Part 2d -- IV. 2.

I will use the olive with my sword: Make war breed peace; make peace stint war; make each Prescribe to other, as each other's leech.

Timon of Athens -- V. 5.

I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.