---
title: "3 Stairs Quotes By William Shakespeare"
description: "3 Stairs quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Stairs sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/794/william-shakespeare-4_degrees_no-sooner-met-but-they-looked-no-sooner_1516460.jpg"
---

> [No sooner met but they looked; no sooner looked but they loved; no sooner loved but they sighed; no sooner sighed but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/no-sooner-met-but-they-looked-no-sooner-looked-but-they-loved-no/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/794/william-shakespeare-4_degrees_no-sooner-met-but-they-looked-no-sooner_1516460.jpg)

> [Where is Polonius? HAMLET In heaven. Send hither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i' th' other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/where-is-polonius-hamlet-in-heaven-send-hither-to-see-if-your/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/william-shakespeare-4_heaven_where-is-polonius-hamlet-in-heaven-send_1783756.jpg)

> [How many cowards whose hearts are all as false As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins The beards of Hercules…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/how-many-cowards-whose-hearts-are-all-as-false-as-stairs-of-sand-wear/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37b/william-shakespeare-4_beard_how-many-cowards-whose-hearts-are-all-as_1834962.jpg)

## Other authors on Stairs

## 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/stairs/william-shakespeare/#itemlist",
            "name": "3 Stairs Quotes By William Shakespeare",
            "numberOfItems": 3,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "No sooner met but they looked; no sooner looked but they loved; no sooner loved but they sighed; no sooner sighed but they asked one another the reason; no sooner knew the reason but they sought the remedy; and in these degrees have they made a pair of stairs to marriage...",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William Shakespeare"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/no-sooner-met-but-they-looked-no-sooner-looked-but-they-loved-no/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/794/william-shakespeare-4_degrees_no-sooner-met-but-they-looked-no-sooner_1516460.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/794/william-shakespeare-4_degrees_no-sooner-met-but-they-looked-no-sooner_1516460.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/794/william-shakespeare-4_degrees_no-sooner-met-but-they-looked-no-sooner_1516460.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“No sooner met but they looked; no sooner looked but they loved; no sooner loved but they sighed; no sooner…” — William Shakespeare",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Where is Polonius? HAMLET In heaven. Send hither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i' th' other place yourself. But if indeed you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobby.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William Shakespeare"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/where-is-polonius-hamlet-in-heaven-send-hither-to-see-if-your/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/william-shakespeare-4_heaven_where-is-polonius-hamlet-in-heaven-send_1783756.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/william-shakespeare-4_heaven_where-is-polonius-hamlet-in-heaven-send_1783756.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/william-shakespeare-4_heaven_where-is-polonius-hamlet-in-heaven-send_1783756.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Where is Polonius? HAMLET In heaven. Send hither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i'…” — William Shakespeare",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "How many cowards whose hearts are all as false As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars, Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William Shakespeare"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/how-many-cowards-whose-hearts-are-all-as-false-as-stairs-of-sand-wear/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37b/william-shakespeare-4_beard_how-many-cowards-whose-hearts-are-all-as_1834962.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37b/william-shakespeare-4_beard_how-many-cowards-whose-hearts-are-all-as_1834962.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37b/william-shakespeare-4_beard_how-many-cowards-whose-hearts-are-all-as_1834962.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“How many cowards whose hearts are all as false As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins The beards of…” — William Shakespeare",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stairs/william-shakespeare/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stairs/william-shakespeare/",
            "name": "Stairs Quotes by William Shakespeare",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stairs/william-shakespeare/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/794/william-shakespeare-4_degrees_no-sooner-met-but-they-looked-no-sooner_1516460.jpg"
            },
            "description": "3 Stairs quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Stairs sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stairs/william-shakespeare/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stairs/william-shakespeare/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Stairs",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stairs/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "William Shakespeare",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stairs/william-shakespeare/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```