“More matter with less art.”

“He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man. He that is more than a youth is not for me, and he that is less than a man, I am not for him.”

“A little more than kin, a little less than kind.”

“Mark it, nuncle.Have more than thou showest,Speak less than thou knowest,Lend less than thou owest,Ride more than thou goest,Learn more than thou trowest,Set less than thou throwest,Leave thy drink and thy whoreAnd keep in-a-door,And thou shalt have moreThan two tens to a score.”

“I say, there is no darknessbut ignorance; in which thou art more puzzled thanthe Egyptians in their fog.”

“Dost think because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale?" (Twelfth Night)”

“Use them after your own honour and dignity; the less they deserve, the more merit in your bounty. - Hamlet to Polonius”