“Doubtful it stood; / As two spent swimmers that do cling together / And choke their art.Act I, Scene 2 · ★★★☆☆→
“Till that Bellona’s bridegroom, lapp’d in proof, / Confronted him with self-comparisons, / Point against point, rebellious arm ’gainst arm, / Curbing his lavish spirit: and, to conclude, / The victory fell on us.Act I, Scene 2 · ★★★☆☆→
“The service and the loyalty I owe, / In doing it, pays itself. Your Highness’ part / Is to receive our duties: and our duties / Are to your throne and state, children and servants; / Which do but what they should, by doing everything / Safe toward your love and honour.Act I, Scene 4 · Macbeth · ★★★☆☆→
“We will establish our estate upon / Our eldest, Malcolm; whom we name hereafter / The Prince of Cumberland: which honour must / Not unaccompanied invest him only, / But signs of nobleness, like stars, shall shine / On all deservers.—Act I, Scene 4 · Duncan · ★★★☆☆→
“The spring, the head, the fountain of your blood / Is stopp’d; the very source of it is stopp’d.Act II, Scene 3 · Macbeth · ★★★☆☆→
“And Duncan’s horses (a thing most strange and certain) / Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race, / Turn’d wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out, / Contending ’gainst obedience, as they would make / War with mankind.Act II, Scene 4 · ★★★☆☆→
“Who cannot want the thought, how monstrous / It was for Malcolm and for Donalbain / To kill their gracious father? damned fact! / How it did grieve Macbeth!Act III, Scene 6 · Lennox · ★★★☆☆→
