101 Handpicked Hamlet Quotes – Only The Best

…though I am native here
And to the manner born, it is a custom
More honoured in the breach than the observance.
– William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
– William Shakespeare, Hamlet

That one may smile and smile and be a villain.
– William Shakespeare, Hamlet

O, that this too, too solid flesh would melt,
Thaw and resolve itself into a dew!
– William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
– William Shakespeare, Hamlet

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in our philosophy.
– William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Brevity is the soul of wit.
– William Shakespeare, Hamlet

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.
– William Shakespeare, Hamlet

O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!
– William Shakespeare, Hamlet

To be, or not to be, that is the question. – William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Goodnight, sweet prince,
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest! – William Shakespeare, Hamlet

O, that this too, too solid flesh would melt,
Thaw and resolve itself into a dew! – William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Listen to many, speak to a few. – William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. – William Shakespeare, Hamlet

This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man. – William Shakespeare, Hamlet

….. though I am native here
And to the manner born, it is a custom
More honoured in the breach than the observance. – William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. – William Shakespeare, Hamlet

That one may smile and smile and be a villain. – William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Brevity is the soul of wit. – William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t. – William Shakespeare, Hamlet

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so. – William Shakespeare, Hamlet

“It is not, nor it cannot, come to good,
But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue.” – William Shakespeare, Hamlet

O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I! – William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love. – William Shakespeare, Hamlet

God hath given you one face, and you make yourself another. – William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment. – William Shakespeare, Hamlet

I must be cruel only to be kind;
Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind. – William Shakespeare, Hamlet

I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw.
– William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Goodnight, sweet prince,
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!
– William Shakespeare, Hamlet