Humor Quotes by William Shakespeare

I, measuring his affections by my own, Which then most sought where most might not be found, Being one too many by…

— William Shakespeare

“Must I observe you? Must I stand & crouch Under your testy humour? By the gods, You shall digest the venom of…

— William Shakespeare

I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.

— William Shakespeare

“Black and portentous must this humour prove, Unless good counsel may the cause remove.”

— William Shakespeare

“Say'st thou me so? is that a ton of moys? Come hither, boy: ask me this slave in French What is his…

— William Shakespeare

“For what says Quinapalus? Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.”

— William Shakespeare

“There are things in this comedy of Pyramus and Thisby that will never please. First, Pyramus must draw a sword to kill…

— William Shakespeare

We will meet; and there we may rehearse most obscenely and courageously. Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream. Spoken by Bottom, Act I Sc. 2

— William Shakespeare

Have you not love enough to bear with me, when that rash humor which my mother gave me makes me forgetful.

— William Shakespeare

“Where is Polonius? - In heaven; send hither to see: if your messenger find him not there, seek him i' the other…

— William Shakespeare

“O jest unseen, inscrutable, invisible, As a nose on a man's face, or a weathercock on a steeple! My master sues to…

— William Shakespeare

Do you know me, my lord?' Excellent well. You are a fishmonger.

— William Shakespeare

The dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits.

— William Shakespeare

“How Low am I, thou painted Maypole? Speak: How Low am I? I am not yet so Low But that my Nails…

— William Shakespeare

A college of wit-crackers cannot flout me out of my humor. Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram?

— William Shakespeare

I may chance have some odd quirks and remnants of wit broken on me, because I have railed so long against marriage:…

— William Shakespeare

“i buy a thousand pound a year! i buy a rope!”

— William Shakespeare

“Can no prayers pierce thee? SHYLOCK: No, none that thou hast wit enough to make.”

— William Shakespeare

When Caesar says, 'Do this', it is performed.

— William Shakespeare

“My lord, I will take my leave of you. Hamlet: You cannot, sir, take from me anything that I will more willingly…

— William Shakespeare

Come, woo me, woo me, for now I am in a holiday humor, and like enough to consent.

— William Shakespeare

“You are full of pretty answers. Have you not been acquainted with goldsmiths' wives and conned them out of rings?”

— William Shakespeare

To move wild laughter in the throat of death? It cannot be; it is impossible: Mirth cannot move a soul in agony.

— William Shakespeare

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. And let my liver rather heat with wine, than my heart cool with mortifying…

— William Shakespeare

“Is it physical To walk unbraced and suck up the humors Of the dank morning? What, is Brutus sick, And will he…

— William Shakespeare

In brief, sir, study what you most affect.

— William Shakespeare

“O, what men dare do!”

— William Shakespeare

Was ever woman in this humour wooed? Was ever woman in this humour won?

— William Shakespeare

Well, honor is the subject of my story.

— William Shakespeare

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

— William Shakespeare

“Who knows himself a braggart, let him fear this, for it will come to pass that every braggart shall be found an…

— William Shakespeare

I am now of all humors that have showed themselves humors since the old days of goodman Adam to the pupil age…

— William Shakespeare

“Ay, he was porn at Monmouth, Captain Gower. What call you the town's name where Alexander the Pig was born! GOWER- Alexander…

— William Shakespeare

“By my head, here come the Capulets." Mercutio- "By my heel, I care not.”

— William Shakespeare

“Good madonna, give me leave to prove you a fool.”

— William Shakespeare

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.

— William Shakespeare

Present mirth hath present laughter. What's to come is still unsure.

— William Shakespeare

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.

— William Shakespeare

Some glory in their birth , some in their skill , Some in their wealth , some in their bodies' force ,…

— William Shakespeare

Here comes a pair of very strange beasts, which in all tongues are called fools.

— William Shakespeare