(Polonius, act 2 scene 2) “Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.” (Hamlet, act 1 scene 5) “ Brevity is the soul of wit.“ (Hamlet, act 1 scene 5) “ There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, (Marcellus, act 1 scene 4) “That one may smile and smile and be a villain.” (Hamlet, act 1 scene 4) “ Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.“ More honoured in the breach than the observance.”

(Polonius, act 1 scene 3) “…though I am native here Thou canst not then be false to any man.”

(Polonius, act 1 scene 3) “This above all: to thine own self be true,Īnd it must follow, as the night the day, (Polonius, act 1 scene 3) “Neither a borrower nor a lender be,įor loan oft loses both itself and friend,Īnd borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.” (Hamlet, act 1 scene 2) “Listen to many, speak to a few.” Read our selection of the very best Hamlet quotes below, along with speaker, act and scene: “ O, that this too, too solid flesh would melt, We’ve trawled the play to pull together these famous quotes from Hamlet Is Hamlet the most quoted William Shakespeare play of all time? Quite possibly so, and with due reason!Īs with so many of his plays, William Shakespeare brings the characters in Hamlet to life with memorable dialogue and some fantastic quotes. Each Shakespeare’s play name links to a range of resources about each play: Character summaries, plot outlines, example essays and famous quotes, soliloquies and monologues: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Loves Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter’s Tale This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order.

Plays It is believed that Shakespeare wrote 38 plays in total between 15.

Hamlet by William Shakespeare