True hope is swift, and flies with swallow’s wings; Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings.

William Shakespeare · King Richard III (1592–1593), V, ii

If sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked! If to be old and merry be a sin, then many an old host that I know is damned.

William Shakespeare · The source reads: “If sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked! If to be old and merry be a sin, then many an old host that I know is damned: if to be fat be to be hated, then Pharaoh’s lean kine are to be loved.” · King Henry IV, Part I, II, iv

Small things make base men proud.

William Shakespeare · King Henry VI, Part II (1590–1591), IV, i

Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold.

William Shakespeare · As You Like It (1599–1600), I, iii

More Hope Quotes

For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth.

The Bible · Isaiah 65:17

Who against hope believed in hope.

The Bible · The source reads: “Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations.” · Romans 4:18

People wish to be settled: only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“True hope is swift, and flies with swallow’s wings; Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings.”

“If sack and sugar be a fault, God help the wicked! If to be old and merry be a sin, then many an old host that I know is damned.”

“Small things make base men proud.”

“Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold.”

“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth.”

“Who against hope believed in hope.”

“People wish to be settled: only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.”