Romeo and Juliet Quotations

Act I “Is the law of our side if I say ay?” Sampson Sampson “What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word…” Tybalt Tybalt “Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace” Escalus Escalus

Act I – Cont… “It is an honour that I dream not of.” Juliet Juliet “O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you.” Mercutio Mercutio “I would not for the wealth of all this town / Here in my house show him disparagement.” Lord Capulet Lord Capulet

Act II “He jests at scars that never felt a wound.” Romeo Romeo “What satisfaction canst thou have to- night?” Juliet Juliet “Young men’s love then lies / Not truly in their hearts but in their eyes.” Friar Friar

Act II – Cont.. “Bid her devise some means to come to shrift this afternoon.” Romeo Romeo “…In half an hour she promis’d to return.” Juliet Juliet “These violent delights have violent ends…” Friar Friar

Act III “A plague o’ both your houses!” Mercutio Mercutio ‘Thy beauty hath made me effeminate” Romeo Romeo “O, I am fortune’s fool!” Romeo Romeo

Act III cont… “A piteous corse, a bloody piteous corse” Nurse Nurse “…that one word banished / Hath slain ten thousand Tybalts.” Juliet Juliet “Thy tears are womanish.” Friar Friar

Act IV “Thy face is mine, and thou hast sland’red it.” Paris Paris “If no inconstant toy or womanish fear / Abate thy valour…” Friar Friar “My heart is wondrous light, since this same wayward girl is so reclaim’d”

Act IV – Cont… “O, look! Methinks I see my cousin’s ghost seeking out Romeo…” Juliet Juliet “O woe! O woeful, woeful, woeful day!” Nurse Nurse “Now heaven hath all / And all the better is it for the maid.” Friar Friar

Act V “ I dreamt my lady came and found me dead.” Romeo Romeo “My poverty but not my will consents.” Apothecary Apothecary “I could not send it – here it is again.” Friar John Friar John