William Shakespeare on Insanity
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“Fetter strong madness in a silken thread.”
- William Shakespeare, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations
“Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't”
- William Shakespeare, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations
“You will never run mad, niece; No, not till a hot January.”
- William Shakespeare, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations
“It shall be so: Madness in great ones must not unwatch'd go.”
- William Shakespeare, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations
“I am not mad; I would to heaven I were! For then, 'tis like I should forget myself.”
- William Shakespeare, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations
“We are not ourselves When nature, being oppress'd, commands the mind To suffer with the body.”
- William Shakespeare, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations
“Madam, I swear I use no art at all. That he is mad, 'tis true, 'tis true 'tis pity; And pity 'tis 'tis true.”
- William Shakespeare, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations