The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

A jest’s prosperity lies in the ear
Of him that hears it, never in the tongue
Of him that makes it.
‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ (1595) act 5, sc. 2, l. [869]
When daisies pied and violets blue
And lady-smocks all silver-white
And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue
Do paint the meadows with delight,
The cuckoo then, on every tree,
Mocks married men; for thus sings he,
Cuckoo;
Cuckoo, cuckoo; O, word of fear,
Unpleasing to a married ear!
‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ (1595) act 5, sc. 2, l. [902]
When icicles hang by the wall,
And Dick the shepherd, blows his nail,
And Tom bears logs into the hall,
And milk comes frozen home in pail,
When blood is nipped and ways be foul,
Then nightly sings the staring owl,
Tu-who;
Tu-whit, tu-who—a merry note,
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.
When all aloud the wind doth blow,
And coughing drowns the parson’s saw;
And birds sit brooding in the snow,
And Marion’s nose looks red and raw,
When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl.
‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ (1595) act 5, sc. 2, l. [920]
The words of Mercury are harsh after the songs of Apollo. You, that way: we, this way.
‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ (1595) act 5, sc. 2, l. [938]
7.66.19 Macbeth
First Witch: When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Second Witch: When the hurly-burly’s done,
When the battle’s lost and won.
Third Witch: That will be ere the set of sun.
First Witch: Where the place?
Second Witch: Upon the heath.