“But men may construe things after their fashion, Clean from the purpose of the things themselves.”

“Things growing to themselves are growth's abuse:Seeds spring from seeds and beauty breedeth beauty;”

“There is some soul of goodness in things evil,Would men observingly distill it out.”

“Do all men kill all the things they do not love?Shylock: Hates any man the thing he would not kill?Bassanio: Every offence is not a hate at first.”

“Those wounds heal ill that men do give themselves.”

“My lord, you must tell us where the body is, and go with us to the king.HAMLET The body is with the king, but the king is not with the body. The king is a thing -GUILDENSTERN A thing my lord?HAMLET Of nothing. Bring me to him. Hide fox, and all after!”

“The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones.”