"Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge...." - Quote by William Shakespeare

“And when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And asleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me must be heard of, say, I taught thee.”

“Now all the youth of England are on fire,And silken dalliance in the wardrobe lies;Now thrive the armorers, and honor's thoughtReigns solely in the breast of every man.”

“The play's the thing.”

“Mercy is the stuff you give to people that don't deserve it.”

“Use every man according to his desert and who should 'scape whipping? Use them after your own honor and dignity, the less they deserve ... the more merit in your bounty.”

“Laws ... proportionate and mild should never be dispensed with. Let mercy be the character of the law-giver, but let the judge be a mere machine.”

“The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.”

“What's brave, what's noble, let's do it after the Roman fashion.”

“The heroic soul does not sell its justice and its nobleness.”