Pragmatic
The better part of valor is discretion…
In the which better part I have saved my life.
–Henry IV Part 1,
Act V, Scene iv

The better part of valor is discretion…
In the which better part I have saved my life.
–Henry IV Part 1,
Act V, Scene iv

Let…the wide arch
Of the ranged empire fall: here is my space.
–Antony and Cleopatra,
Act I, Scene i

O Lord, that lends me life,
Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!
–Henry VI Part 2,
Act I, Scene i

Prepare for mirth, for mirth becomes a feast.
–Pericles,
Act II, Scene iii

Lord, we know what we are, but know not what we may be.
–Hamlet,
Act IV, Scene v

And oftentimes excusing of a fault
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
–King John,
Act IV, Scene ii

All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts.
–As You Like It,
Act II, Scene vii