Henry VI, Part 2

"O Lord, that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!"

"Main chance."

"Put forth thy hand, reach at the glorious Gold."

"Is this the fashion in the court of England? Is this the government of Britain's isle, And this the royalty of Albion's king?"

"She bears a duke's revenues on her back, And in her heart she scorns our poverty."

"Could I come near your beauty with my nails, I’d set my ten commandments in your face."

"How irksome is this music to my heart! When such strings jar, what hope of harmony?"

"God shall be my hope, My stay, my guide, and lantern to my feet."

"Smooth runs the water, where the brook is deep; And in his simple show he harbours treason."

"The fox barks not, when he would steal the lamb."

"The commons, like an angry hive of bees, That want their leader, scatter up and down, And care not who they sting in his revenge."

"What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted! Thrice is he arm'd, that hath his quarrel just; And he but naked, though lock'd up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted."

"He dies, and makes no sign."

"Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all. Close up his eyes, and draw the curtain close; And let us all to meditation."

"The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea."

"Small things make base men proud."

"True nobility is exempt from fear:— More can I bear, than you dare execute."

"I say it was never merry world in England since gentlemen came up."

"There shall be, in England, seven half-penny loaves sold for a penny: the three-hoop'd pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony, to drink small beer."

"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."

"Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment? that parchment, being scribbled o’er, should undo a man?"

"And Adam was a gardener."

"Sir, he made a chimney in my father’s house, and the bricks are alive at this day to testify it."

"Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar-school; and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used; and, contrary to the king, his crown, and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill. It will be proved to thy face, that thou hast men about thee, that usually talk of a noun, and a verb; and such abominable words, as no Christian ear can endure to hear."

"Away with him, away with him! he speaks Latin."

"And seeing ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven."

"It is great sin, to swear unto a sin; But greater sin, to keep a sinful oath."

"Can we outrun the heavens?"