The verses of The Bard are meaningful and profound. Here are some of my favorites, with act, scene, and line numbers for easy reference.
As You Like It (5:1)
31 "The fool doth think he is wise, but the
32 wise man knows himself to be a fool."
Hamlet (1:3)
74 "Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice."
Hamlet (1:3)
84 "This above all: to thine own self be true,
85 And it must follow, as the night the day,
86 Thou canst not then be false to any man."
Hamlet (1:5)
186 "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
187 Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Henry V (2:4)
80 Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin
81 As self-neglecting."
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1:1)
240 "Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind;
241 And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind."
The Tempest (1:2)
252 "Hell is empty,
253 And all the devils are here."
The Tempest (4:1)
173 "We are such stuff
174 As dreams are made on, and our little life
175 Is rounded with a sleep."
Timon of Athens (1:1)
125 "'Tis not enough to help the feeble up,
126 But to support him after."
Twelfth Night (1:1)
1 "If music be the food of love, play on!"