--- title: "21 Macbeth Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "21 Macbeth quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Macbeth sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/william-shakespeare-4_humour_what-you-egg-261290_261290.jpg" --- > [“What, you egg?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/what-you-egg/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/william-shakespeare-4_humour_what-you-egg-261290_261290.jpg) > [I drink to the general joy o’ the whole table." Macbeth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-drink-to-the-general-joy-o-the-whole-table-macbeth/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/william-shakespeare-4_drink_i-drink-to-the-general-joy-o-the-whole-t_2766638.jpg) > [“His silver skin laced with his golden blood.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/his-silver-skin-laced-with-his-golden-blood/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e2/william-shakespeare-4_blood_his-silver-skin-laced-with-his-golden-bl_3012922.jpg) > [“So fair and foul a day I have not seen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/so-fair-and-foul-a-day-i-have-not-seen/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dec/william-shakespeare-4_fair_so-fair-and-foul-a-day-i-have-not-seen-2_2704729.jpg) > [“Infected minds to their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/infected-minds-to-their-deaf-pillows-will-discharge-their-secrets/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/620/william-shakespeare-4_infected_infected-minds-to-their-deaf-pillows-wil_286088.jpg) > [Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? - Lady Macbeth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/yet-who-would-have-thought-the-old-man-to-have-had-so-much-blood-in/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/william-shakespeare-4_blood_yet-who-would-have-thought-the-old-man-t_2264447.jpg) > [“All causes shall give way: I am in blood Stepp’d in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/all-causes-shall-give-way-i-am-in-blood-stepp-d-in-so-far-that-should/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c08/william-shakespeare-4_blood_all-causes-shall-give-way-i-am-in-blood_2736481.jpg) > [“I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself And falls on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-have-no-spur-to-prick-the-sides-of-my-intent-but-only-vaulting/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a3/william-shakespeare-4_ambition_i-have-no-spur-to-prick-the-sides-of-my_958004.jpg) > [“Macbeth does murder sleep - the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/macbeth-does-murder-sleep-the-innocent-sleep-sleep-that-knits-up-the/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/649/william-shakespeare-4_insight_macbeth-does-murder-sleep-the-innocent-s_2404591.jpg) > [Macbeth to Witches: What are these So wither'd and so wild in their attire, That look not like th' inhabitants o' th'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/macbeth-to-witches-what-are-these-so-wither-d-and-so-wild-in-their/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/william-shakespeare-4_attire_macbeth-to-witches-what-are-these-so-wit_2644678.jpg) > [“Życie jest jedynie przelotnym cieniem; żałosnym aktorem, co przez godzinę puszy się i miota na scenie, po czym znika; opowieścią idioty, pełną…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/ycie-jest-jedynie-przelotnym-cieniem-a-osnym-aktorem-co-przez-godzin/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7c/william-shakespeare-4_inspirational_ycie-jest-jedynie-przelotnym-cieniem-a-o_1144086.jpg) > [“your son has paid the soldier’s price: death. He only lived long enough to become a man, and as soon as he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/your-son-has-paid-the-soldier-s-price-death-he-only-lived-long-enough/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1d/william-shakespeare-4_death_your-son-has-paid-the-soldier-s-price-de_218482.jpg) > [“Then he is dead? Ross: Ay, and brought off the field: your cause of sorrow Must not be measured by the worth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/then-he-is-dead-ross-ay-and-brought-off-the-field-your-cause-of/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f7/william-shakespeare-4_macbeth_then-he-is-dead-ross-ay-and-brought-off_2017537.jpg) > [Still it cried ‘Sleep no more!’ to all the house: ‘Glamis hath murder’d sleep, and therefore Cawdor shall sleep no more,—Macbeth shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/still-it-cried-sleep-no-more-to-all-the-house-glamis-hath-murder-d/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/william-shakespeare-4_house_still-it-cried-sleep-no-more-to-all-the_721505.jpg) > [“Sawcy, and ouer-bold, how did you dare To Trade, and Trafficke with Macbeth, In Riddles, and Affaires of death; And I the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/sawcy-and-ouer-bold-how-did-you-dare-to-trade-and-trafficke-with/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc9/william-shakespeare-4_macbeth_sawcy-and-ouer-bold-how-did-you-dare-to_2613368.jpg) > [“Have I not reason, beldams as you are, Saucy and overbold? How did you dare To trade and traffic with Macbeth In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/have-i-not-reason-beldams-as-you-are-saucy-and-overbold-how-did-you/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c8/william-shakespeare-4_quote_have-i-not-reason-beldams-as-you-are-sau_699199.jpg) > [“My plenteous joys, Wanton in fulness, seek to hide themselves In drops of sorrow. Sons, kinsmen, thanes, And you whose places are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/my-plenteous-joys-wanton-in-fulness-seek-to-hide-themselves-in-drops/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5c/william-shakespeare-4_joy_my-plenteous-joys-wanton-in-fulness-seek_576597.jpg) > [Methought I heard a voice cry 'Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep', the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/methought-i-heard-a-voice-cry-sleep-no-more-macbeth-does-murder-sleep/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f9/william-shakespeare-4_baths_methought-i-heard-a-voice-cry-sleep-no-m_1731689.jpg) > [“The merciless Macdonald (Worthy to be a rebel, — for, to that, The multiplying villainies of nature Do swarm upon him) from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/the-merciless-macdonald-worthy-to-be-a-rebel-for-to-that-the/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59c/william-shakespeare-4_macbeth_the-merciless-macdonald-worthy-to-be-a-r_3005278.jpg) > [“Thrice the brinded cat hath mew’d. Thrice and once the hedge-pig whined. Harpier cries ’Tis time, ’tis time. Round about the cauldron…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thrice-the-brinded-cat-hath-mew-d-thrice-and-once-the-hedge-pig/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cb/william-shakespeare-4_macbeth_thrice-the-brinded-cat-hath-mew-d-thrice_1390528.jpg) > [“This tune goes manly. Come, go we to the King. Our power is ready; Our lack is nothing but our leave. Macbeth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/this-tune-goes-manly-come-go-we-to-the-king-our-power-is-ready-our/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/william-shakespeare-4_battle_this-tune-goes-manly-come-go-we-to-the-k_1819061.jpg) ## Other authors on Macbeth - [Florence Pugh 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/macbeth/florence-pugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alan-cumming-10289.jpg) Alan Cumming 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/macbeth/alan-cumming/) ## More by William Shakespeare > [Let us kill all lawyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/let-us-kill-all-lawyers/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-horse-a-horse-my-kingdom-for-a-horse/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [O tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's hide!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-tiger-s-heart-wrapped-in-a-woman-s-hide/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/time-hath-not-yet-so-dried-this-blood-of-mine-nor-age-so-eat-up-my/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/divers-philosophers-hold-that-the-lips-is-parcel-of-the-mouth/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/short-time-seems-long-in-sorrow-s-sharp-sustaining/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; Being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/love-is-a-smoke-made-with-the-fume-of-sighs-being-purg-d-a-fire/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [I, measuring his affections by my own, Which then most sought where most might not be found, Being one too many by my weary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-measuring-his-affections-by-my-own-which-then-most-sought-where/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/ask-god-for-temp-rance-that-s-th-appliance-only-which-your-disease/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep’st so sound. Julius Caesar (2.1.248-251)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thou-hast-no-figures-nor-no-fantasies-which-busy-care-draws-in-the/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Truth needs no color; beauty, no pencil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/truth-needs-no-color-beauty-no-pencil/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Have you not heard it said full oft, A woman's nay doth stand for naught?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/have-you-not-heard-it-said-full-oft-a-woman-s-nay-doth-stand-for/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Omittance is no quittance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/omittance-is-no-quittance/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Yes, madam: yet I cannot choose but laugh, To think it should leave crying and say 'Ay.' And yet, I warrant, it had upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/yes-madam-yet-i-cannot-choose-but-laugh-to-think-it-should-leave/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [I take thee at thy word: Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-take-thee-at-thy-word-call-me-but-love-and-i-ll-be-new-baptized/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/macbeth/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "21 Macbeth Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What, you egg?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": 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