William Shakespeare Quotes about Marriage

They do not love that do not show their love.

They do not love that do not show their love.

Love, Marriage, Valentines Day

William Shakespeare, Edmond Malone, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Mr. Theobald (Lewis) (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators”, p.20

Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper, Thy head, thy sovereign; one that cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land, To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe; And craves no other tribute at thy hands But love, fair looks and true obedience; Too little payment for so great a debt.

William Shakespeare

Marriage, Husband, Home

'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 5, sc. 2, l. 147

Hanging and wiving goes by destiny.

William Shakespeare

Marriage, Destiny, Merchant Of Venice

1596-7 Nerissa.TheMerchant ofVenice, act 2, sc.9, l.81-2.

My heart is ever at your service.

William Shakespeare

Love, Marriage, Heart

William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.606

When I said I would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live till I were married.

William Shakespeare

Marriage, Thinking, Married

'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 2, sc. 3, l. [262]

Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage.

William Shakespeare

Marriage, Night, Clown

'Twelfth Night' (1601) act 1, sc. 5, l. [20]

A young man married is a man that's marred.

William Shakespeare

Love, Marriage, Men

'All's Well that Ends Well' (1603-4) act 2, sc. 3, l. [315]

This is a way to kill a wife with kindness.

William Shakespeare

Marriage, Kindness, Wife

'The Taming Of The Shrew' (1592) act 4, sc. 1, l. [208]

In time the savage bull doth bear the yoke.

William Shakespeare

Marriage, Savages, Yoke

'Much Ado About Nothing' (1598-9) act 1, sc. 1, l. [271]

Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.

William Shakespeare

Marriage, Spring, Women

'As You Like It' (1599) act 4, sc. 1, l. [153]

Get thee a good husband, and use him as he uses thee.

William Shakespeare

Marriage, Husband, Use

1604-5 Paroles to Helen. All'sWellThat EndsWell, act1, sc.1, l.209-10.

Well, while I live I'll fear no other thing So sore as keeping safe Nerissa's ring.

William Shakespeare

Marriage, Sex, Book

William Shakespeare (1824). “The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare”, p.223

If men could be contented to be what they are, there were no fear in marriage.

William Shakespeare

Marriage, Men, No Fear

William Shakespeare (1824). “The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare”, p.196

He is the half part of a blessed man, Left to be finished by such as she; And she a fair divided excellence, Whose fullness of perfection lies in him.

William Shakespeare

Marriage, Wedding, Lying

William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.323

The fittest time to corrupt a man's wife is when she's fallen out with her husband.

William Shakespeare

Marriage, Husband, Men

William Shakespeare (2010). “Coriolanus”, p.42, Cambridge University Press

Marriage is a matter of more worth Than to be dealt in by attorneyship.

William Shakespeare

Marriage, Matter

1592 Suffolk. Henry VI Part One, act 5, sc.7, l.55-6.

I will be master of what is mine own: She is my goods, my chattels; she is my house, My household stuff, my field, my barn, My horse, my ox, my ass, my any thing.

William Shakespeare

Marriage, Horse, House

Cross, William Shakespeare (1989). “William Shakespeare: The Complete Works”, p.346, Barnes & Noble Publishing

In love the heavens themselves do guide the state; Money buys lands, and wives are sold by fate.

William Shakespeare

Marriage, Fate, Land

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough, Nicholas Rowe (1807). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, with Explanatory Notes: To which is Added, a Copious Index to the Remarkable Passages and Words”, p.73

The curse of marriage That we can call these delicate creatures ours And not their appetites!

William Shakespeare

Marriage, Vapor, Adultery

'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 3, l. 260

Who wooed in haste, and means to wed at leisure.

William Shakespeare

Love, Marriage, Mean

William Shakespeare (2016). “The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works”, p.445, Oxford University Press

For what is wedlock forced but a hell, An age of discord and continual strife? Whereas the contrary bringeth bliss, And is a pattern of celestial peace.

William Shakespeare

Marriage, Patterns, Bliss

William Shakespeare, Michael Taylor (2004). “Henry VI, Part One”, p.247, Oxford University Press, USA