"Rumour doth double, like the voice and..." - Quote by William Shakespeare

“Most dear actors, eat no onions nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath.”

“I'll privily away; I love the people, But do not like to stage me to their eyes; Though it do well, I do not relish well Their loud applause and aves vehement, Nor do I think the man of safe discretion That does not affect it.”

“When a gentlemen is disposed to swear, it is not for any standers-by to curtail his oaths.”

“Foul whisp'rings are abroad.”

“Every Gag I tell must be based on truth. No matter how much I may exaggerate it, it must have a certain amount of Truth.... Now Rumor travels Faster, but it don't stay put as long as Truth.”

“I heard a bustling rumor like a fray,And the wind blows it from the Capitol.”

“Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.”

“The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon a hot stove lid again. Nor upon a cold stove lid.”

“Fear could never make virtue.”