Quotes From "Romeo and Juliet"

Act I, Sc. IV
Made by the joiner squirrel or old grub,
Time out o' mind the fairies' coachmakers.

Act II, Sc. II
What 's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.

Act II, Sc. II
How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues by night,
Like softest music to attending ears!

Act III, Sc. V
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.

Act I, Sc. III
That book in many's eyes doth share the glory
That in gold clasps locks in the golden story.

Act II, Sc. II
This bud of love, by summer's ripening breath,
May prove a beauteous flower when next we meet.

Act I, Sc. IV
True, I talk of dreams,
Which are the children of an idle brain,
Begot of nothing but vain fantasy.

Act II, Sc. II
See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!
O that I were a glove upon that hand,
That I might touch that cheek!

Act II, Sc. IV
A gentleman, nurse, that loves to hear himself talk, and will speak more in a minute than he will stand to in a month.

Act III, Sc. II
Was ever book containing such vile matter
So fairly bound? O, that deceit should dwell
In such a gorgeous palace!

Act I, Sc. I
As is the bud bit with an envious worm
'Ere he can spread his sweet leaves to the air,
Or dedicate his beauty to the sun.

Act III, Sc. I
Rom. Courage, man; the hurt cannot be much.
Mer. No, 't is not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church-door; but 't is enough, 't will serve.

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