--- title: "31 Mad Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "31 Mad quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Mad sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/william-shakespeare-4_folks_fools-are-not-mad-folks-1056090_1056090.jpg" --- > [Fools are not mad folks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/fools-are-not-mad-folks/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/william-shakespeare-4_folks_fools-are-not-mad-folks-1056090_1056090.jpg) > [He's mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/he-s-mad-that-trusts-in-the-tameness-of-a-wolf/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/william-shakespeare-4_funny_he-s-mad-that-trusts-in-the-tameness-of_2033669.jpg) > [I will be brief. Your noble son is mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-will-be-brief-your-noble-son-is-mad/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/william-shakespeare-4_brevity_i-will-be-brief-your-noble-son-is-mad-70_705348.jpg) > [How many fond fools serve mad jealousy!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/how-many-fond-fools-serve-mad-jealousy/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68e/william-shakespeare-4_fool_how-many-fond-fools-serve-mad-jealousy-1_1354033.jpg) > [ \[Thou\] mad mustachio purple-hued maltworms! ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thou-mad-mustachio-purple-hued-maltworms/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcc/william-shakespeare-4_hilarious_thou-mad-mustachio-purple-hued-maltworms_2205748.jpg) > [I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-am-but-mad-north-north-west-when-the-wind-is-southerly-i-know-a/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/william-shakespeare-4_crazy_i-am-but-mad-north-north-west-when-the-w_1178070.jpg) > [Patience is sottish, and impatience does become a dog that's mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/patience-is-sottish-and-impatience-does-become-a-dog-that-s-mad/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/william-shakespeare-4_doe_patience-is-sottish-and-impatience-does_1376831.jpg) > [Many that are not mad have, sure, more lack of reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/many-that-are-not-mad-have-sure-more-lack-of-reason/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/231/william-shakespeare-4_mad_many-that-are-not-mad-have-sure-more-lac_2022382.jpg) > [The venom clamours of a jealous woman poison more deadly than a mad dog's tooth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/the-venom-clamours-of-a-jealous-woman-poison-more-deadly-than-a-mad/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/william-shakespeare-4_clamour_the-venom-clamours-of-a-jealous-woman-po_2268719.jpg) > [For to define true madness, What is't but to be nothing else but mad?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/for-to-define-true-madness-what-is-t-but-to-be-nothing-else-but-mad/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae1/william-shakespeare-4_hamlet-2_for-to-define-true-madness-what-is-t-but_2216144.jpg) > [“I essentially am not in madness, but mad in craft.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-essentially-am-not-in-madness-but-mad-in-craft/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/940/william-shakespeare-4_hamlet_i-essentially-am-not-in-madness-but-mad_2250658.jpg) > [Tis mad idolatry To make the service greater than the god.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/tis-mad-idolatry-to-make-the-service-greater-than-the-god/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4b/william-shakespeare-4_god_tis-mad-idolatry-to-make-the-service-gre_1308862.jpg) > [Cupid is a knavish lad, Thus to make poor females mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/cupid-is-a-knavish-lad-thus-to-make-poor-females-mad/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c2/william-shakespeare-4_cupid_cupid-is-a-knavish-lad-thus-to-make-poor_2630539.jpg) > [It is the very error of the moon; She comes more nearer earth than she was wont, And makes men mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/it-is-the-very-error-of-the-moon-she-comes-more-nearer-earth-than-she/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9a/william-shakespeare-4_earth_it-is-the-very-error-of-the-moon-she-com_2109586.jpg) > [I am not mad; I would to heaven I were! For then, 'tis like I should forget myself; O, if I could,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-am-not-mad-i-would-to-heaven-i-were-for-then-tis-like-i-should/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/277/william-shakespeare-4_depression_i-am-not-mad-i-would-to-heaven-i-were-fo_655910.jpg) > [Some men there are love not a gaping pig, some that are mad if they behold a cat, and others when the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/some-men-there-are-love-not-a-gaping-pig-some-that-are-mad-if-they/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/356/william-shakespeare-4_antipathy_some-men-there-are-love-not-a-gaping-pig_1156778.jpg) > [I am joined with no foot land-rakers, no long-staff, sixpenny strikers, none of these mad, mustachio purple-hued maltworms, but with nobility and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-am-joined-with-no-foot-land-rakers-no-long-staff-sixpenny-strikers/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08a/william-shakespeare-4_hilarious_i-am-joined-with-no-foot-land-rakers-no_1560469.jpg) > [Yet but three come one more. Two of both kinds make up four. Ere she comes curst and sad. Cupid is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/yet-but-three-come-one-more-two-of-both-kinds-make-up-four-ere-she/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/456/william-shakespeare-4_cupid_yet-but-three-come-one-more-two-of-both_1746198.jpg) > [When heaven doth weep, doth not the earth o'erflow? If the winds rage, doth not the sea wax mad, Threatening the welkin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/when-heaven-doth-weep-doth-not-the-earth-o-erflow-if-the-winds-rage-2/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/william-shakespeare-4_bigs_when-heaven-doth-weep-doth-not-the-earth_579439.jpg) > [Jesu, Jesu, the mad days that I have spent! And to see how many of my old acquaintance are dead!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/jesu-jesu-the-mad-days-that-i-have-spent-and-to-see-how-many-of-my/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c37/william-shakespeare-4_acquaintance_jesu-jesu-the-mad-days-that-i-have-spent_203647.jpg) > [You are not wood, you are not stones, but men; And being men, hearing the will of Caesar, It will inflame you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/you-are-not-wood-you-are-not-stones-but-men-and-being-men-hearing-the/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ab/william-shakespeare-4_being-me_you-are-not-wood-you-are-not-stones-but_710613.jpg) > [I have heard of your paintings too, well enough; God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another: you jig,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-have-heard-of-your-paintings-too-well-enough-god-has-given-you-one/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/william-shakespeare-4_artist_i-have-heard-of-your-paintings-too-well_289554.jpg) > [If there were reason for these miseries, then into limits could I bind my woes. If the winds rages, doth not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/if-there-were-reason-for-these-miseries-then-into-limits-could-i-bind/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/william-shakespeare-4_bigs_if-there-were-reason-for-these-miseries_427827.jpg) > [Faith, stay here this night; they will surely do us no harm; you saw they speak us fair, give us gold; methinks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/faith-stay-here-this-night-they-will-surely-do-us-no-harm-you-saw/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a48/william-shakespeare-4_claims_faith-stay-here-this-night-they-will-sur_1461547.jpg) > [Alas, sir, how fell you besides your five wits?" Malvolio: "Fool, there was never a man so notoriously abused. I am as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/alas-sir-how-fell-you-besides-your-five-wits-malvolio-fool-there-was/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ea/william-shakespeare-4_art_alas-sir-how-fell-you-besides-your-five_1607994.jpg) > [Cannot you tell that? Every fool can tell that. It was the very day that young Hamlet was born, he that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/cannot-you-tell-that-every-fool-can-tell-that-it-was-the-very-day/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7df/william-shakespeare-4_born_cannot-you-tell-that-every-fool-can-tell_45653.jpg) > [He was met even now As mad as the vex'd sea; singing aloud; Crown'd with rank fumiter and furrow-weeds, With bur-docks, hemlock,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/he-was-met-even-now-as-mad-as-the-vex-d-sea-singing-aloud-crown-d/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/803/william-shakespeare-4_corn_he-was-met-even-now-as-mad-as-the-vex-d_2487024.jpg) > [When heaven doth weep, doth not the earth o'erflow? If the winds rage, doth not the sea wax mad, Threatening the welkin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/when-heaven-doth-weep-doth-not-the-earth-o-erflow-if-the-winds-rage/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/william-shakespeare-4_bigs_when-heaven-doth-weep-doth-not-the-earth_323434.jpg) > [“My lord, the queen would speak with you, and presently. HAMLET Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/my-lord-the-queen-would-speak-with-you-and-presently-hamlet-do-you/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c94/william-shakespeare-4_funny_my-lord-the-queen-would-speak-with-you-a_465884.jpg) > [Cupid is a knavish lad, Thus to make poor mortals mad!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/cupid-is-a-knavish-lad-thus-to-make-poor-mortals-mad/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/william-shakespeare-4_cupid_cupid-is-a-knavish-lad-thus-to-make-poor_1140573.jpg) > [O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-let-me-not-be-mad-not-mad-sweet-heaven-keep-me-in-temper-i-would/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87b/william-shakespeare-4_heaven_o-let-me-not-be-mad-not-mad-sweet-heaven_1795587.jpg) ## Other authors on Mad ## 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/mad/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "31 Mad Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 31, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Fools are not mad folks.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/fools-are-not-mad-folks/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/william-shakespeare-4_folks_fools-are-not-mad-folks-1056090_1056090.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/william-shakespeare-4_folks_fools-are-not-mad-folks-1056090_1056090.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e49/william-shakespeare-4_folks_fools-are-not-mad-folks-1056090_1056090.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Fools are not mad folks.” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He's mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/he-s-mad-that-trusts-in-the-tameness-of-a-wolf/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/william-shakespeare-4_funny_he-s-mad-that-trusts-in-the-tameness-of_2033669.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/william-shakespeare-4_funny_he-s-mad-that-trusts-in-the-tameness-of_2033669.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/william-shakespeare-4_funny_he-s-mad-that-trusts-in-the-tameness-of_2033669.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He's mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf.” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I will be brief. 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