“No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceive / Our bosom interest. Go pronounce his present death, / And with his former title greet Macbeth.Act I, Scene 2 · Duncan · ★★★★☆→
“Two truths are told, / As happy prologues to the swelling act / Of the imperial theme.—Act I, Scene 3 · Macbeth · ★★★★☆→
“Lesser than Macbeth, and greater. / SECOND WITCH. / Not so happy, yet much happier. / THIRD WITCH. / Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none: / So all hail, Macbeth and Banquo!Act I, Scene 3 · The Three Witches · ★★★★☆→
“This supernatural soliciting / Cannot be ill; cannot be good. If ill, / Why hath it given me earnest of success, / Commencing in a truth? I am Thane of Cawdor: / If good, why do I yield to that suggestion / Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, / And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, / Against the use of nature?Act I, Scene 3 · Macbeth · ★★★★☆→
“If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me / Without my stir.Act I, Scene 3 · Macbeth · ★★★★☆→
“The Prince of Cumberland!—That is a step / On which I must fall down, or else o’erleap, / For in my way it lies.Act I, Scene 4 · Macbeth · ★★★★☆→
“Thou wouldst be great; / Art not without ambition, but without / The illness should attend it.Act I, Scene 5 · Lady Macbeth · ★★★★☆→
“Your face, my thane, is as a book where men / May read strange matters.Act I, Scene 5 · Lady Macbeth · ★★★★☆→
“Besides, this Duncan / Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been / So clear in his great office, that his virtues / Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against / The deep damnation of his taking-off;Act I, Scene 7 · Macbeth · ★★★★☆→
