Death
Kings, and mightiest potentates, must die;For that’s the end of human misery.
King Henry VI., Part 1st—III. 2.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,It seems to me most strange that men should fear;Seeing that death, a necessary end,Will come, when it will come.
Julius Caesar—II. 2.
The dread of something after death,Makes us rather bear those ills we have,Than fly to others we know not of.
Hamlet—III. 1.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
Measure for Measure—III. 1.
By medicine life may be prolonged, yet deathWill seize the doctor too.
Cymbeline—V. 5.
Love all, trust a few,Do wrong to none; be able for thine enemyRather in power, than use; and keep thy friendUnder thy own life’s key; be checked for silence,But never taxed for speech.
All’s Well that Ends Well—I. 1.
Equivocation
But yetI do not like but yet, it does allayThe good precedence; fye upon but yet:But yet is as a gailer to bring forthSome monstrous malefactor.
Antony and Cleopatra—II. 5.
Excess
A surfeit of the sweetest thingsThe deepest loathing to the stomach brings.
Midsummer Night’s Dream—II. 3.
Every inordinate cup is unblessed, and the ingredient is a devil.
Othello—II. 3.
When fortune means to men most good,She looks upon them with a threatening eye.
King John—III. 4.