Great Throughts Treasury

"A noble brother, whose nature is so far from doing harms, that he suspects none. King Lear, Act i, Scene 2"

"A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life, whose misadventured piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents’ strife… O, I am fortune’s fool! Then I defy you, stars. Romeo and Juliet, Act i, Scene 1"

"A parlous boy: — go to, you are too shrewd. King Richard III. Act ii. Sc. 4."

"'A parted ev'n just between twelve and one, ev'n at the turning o' the tide; for after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his finger's end, I knew there was but one way; for his nose was as sharp as pen, and 'a babbled of green fields. Henry V, Act ii, Scene 3"

"A nun of winter's sisterhood kisses not more religiously; the very ice of chastity is in them. As You Like It (Celia at III, iv)"

"A peevish self-willed harlotry it is. She’s a stubborn little brat. Romeo and Juliet, Act iv, Scene 2"

"A peevish self-willed harlotry, one that no persuasion can do good upon. Henry IV< Part I, Act iii, scene 1"

"A plague o' both your houses. They have made worms' meat of me. Romeo and Juliet, Act iii, Scene 1"

"A piece of work that will make sick men whole. Julius Caesar, Act ii, Scene 1"

"A plague of all cowards, I say. King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4."

"A plague o' these pickle herring! Twelfth Night, act i, Scene 5"

"A plague of sighing and grief! It blows a man up like a bladder. King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4."

"A plague upon it! I have forgot the map."

"A plague on both your houses. Romeo and Juliet, Act iii, Scene 1"

"A plague upon it when thieves cannot be true one to another! King Henry the Fourth, Part I (Falstaff at II, ii)"

"A poor sequestered stag, that from the hunter's aim had ta'en a hurt, did come to languish;... ... and the big round tears coursed one another down his innocent nose In piteous chase. As You Like It, Act ii, Scene 1"

"A play there is, my lord, some ten words long, Which is as brief as I have known a play; But by ten words, my lord, it is too long, Which makes it tedious."

"A power I have, but of what strength and nature I am not yet instructed. Measure for Measure, Act i, Scene 1"

"A poor virgin, sir, an ill-favored thing, sir, but mine own. As You Like It, Act v, Scene 4"

"A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. King Lear, Act iii, Scene 2"

"A pox o’ your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog! The Tempest, Act i, Scene 1"

"A poor lone woman. King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 1."

"A pox of this gout! Or a gout of this pox! For the one or the other plays the rogue with my great toe. Henry IV, Part II, Act i, Scene 2"

"A proper man, as one shall see in a summer's day. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 2."

"A quart of ale is a dish for a king."

"A rascally yea-forsooth knave. King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2."

"A red morn that ever yet betoken'd wreck to the seaman. Venus and Adonis, Act i"

"A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet. Romeo and Juliet, Act ii, Scene 2"

"A rarer spirit never did steer humanity; but you gods will give us some faults to make us men. Antony and Cleopatra, Act v, Scene 1"

"A rotten carcass of a boat, not rigged, nor tackle, sail, nor mast; the very rats Instinctively have quit it. The Tempest, Act i, Scene 2"

"A rotten cause abides no handling. Henry IV, Act iv, Scene 1"

"A right judgment draws us a profit from all things we see."

"A sad tale's best for winter. I have one of sprites and goblins. When daffodils begin to peer, With heigh! the doxy, over the dale, Why, then comes in the sweet o' the year; For the red blood reigns in the winter's pale. A Winter’s Tale, Act ii, Scene 1"

"A sad tires in a mile. The Winter’s Tale"

"A sailor's wife had chestnuts in her lap, and munched, and munched, and munched: give me, quoth I: aroint thee, witch! The rump-fed Ronyon cries. Macbeth, Act i, Scene 3"

"A scar nobly got, or a noble scar, is a good livery of honor; so belike is that. All’s Well That Ends Well, Act iv, Scene 5"

"A sceptre snatched with an unruly hand must be as boisterously maintained as gained, And he that stands upon a slippery place Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up."

"A smile cures the wounding of a frown."

"A second Daniel, a Daniel, Jew! Now, infidel, I have you on the hip. The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1."

"A soldier is better accommodated than with a wife. Henry IV, Part II, Act iii, Scene 2"

"A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles. The Winter's Tale. Act iv. Sc. 3."

"A soldier firm and sound of heart."

"A soldier seeking the bubble reputation even in the cannon's mouth. As You Like It, Act ii, Scene 7"

"A soldier's a man, o, man's life's but a span, why then, let a soldier drink. Othello, Act ii, Scene 3"

"A stirring dwarf we do allowance give Before a sleeping giant. The History of Troilus and Cressida (Agamemnon at II, iii)"

"A stony adversary, an inhuman wretch, uncapable of pity, void and empty from any dram of mercy. The Merchant of Venice, act iv, Scene 1"

"A surfeit of the sweetest things the deepest loathing of the stomach brings."

"A staff is quickly found to beat a dog."

"A sweeter and a lovelier gentleman, — fram'd in the prodigality of nature, young, valiant, wise, and, no doubt, right royal, — the spacious world cannot again afford."

"A substitute shines brightly as a king until a king be by, and then his state empties itself, as dot an inland brook into the main of waters. The Merchant of Venice, Act v, Scene 1"