The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

That ever blotted paper!
‘The Merchant of Venice’ (1596-8) act 3, sc. 2, l. 252
I will have my bond.
‘The Merchant of Venice’ (1596-8) act 3, sc. 3, l. 17
How every fool can play upon the word!
‘The Merchant of Venice’ (1596-8) act 3, sc. 5, l. [48]
Wilt thou show the whole wealth of thy wit in an instant? I pray thee, understand a plain man
in his plain meaning.
‘The Merchant of Venice’ (1596-8) act 3, sc. 5, l. [62]
You’ll ask me, why I rather choose to have
A weight of carrion flesh than to receive
Three thousand ducats: I’ll not answer that:
But say it is my humour: is it answered?
‘The Merchant of Venice’ (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. 40
Some men there are love not a gaping pig;
Some, that are mad if they behold a cat;
And others, when the bagpipe sings i’ the nose,
Cannot contain their urine.
‘The Merchant of Venice’ (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. 47
There is no firm reason to be rendered,
Why he cannot abide a gaping pig;
Why he, a harmless necessary cat;
Why he, a wauling bagpipe.
‘The Merchant of Venice’ (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. 53
I am not bound to please thee with my answer.
‘The Merchant of Venice’ (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. 65
What judgment shall I dread, doing no wrong?
‘The Merchant of Venice’ (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. 89
I am a tainted wether of the flock,
Meetest for death: the weakest kind of fruit
Drops earliest to the ground.
‘The Merchant of Venice’ (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. 114
I never knew so young a body with so old a head.
‘The Merchant of Venice’ (1596-8) act 4, sc. 1, l. [163]
Portia: Then must the Jew be merciful.
Shylock: On what compulsion must I? tell me that.
Portia: The quality of mercy is not strained,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blessed;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes: