“There is a tide in the affairs of men. Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. But omitted, and the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat, and we must take the current when it serves -- or lose the ventures before us.”
More from William Shakespeare
“That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.”
“Why, there's a wench! Come on and kiss me, Kate.”
“We cannot all be masters, nor all masters cannot truly be followed.”
“Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.”