The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

Sever themselves, and madly sweep the sky;
So, at his sight, away his fellows fly.
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (1595-6) act 3, sc. 2, l. 20
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (1595-6) act 3, sc. 2, l. 115
So we grew together,
Like to a double cherry, seeming parted,
But yet an union in partition;
Two lovely berries moulded on one stem;
So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart.
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (1595-6) act 3, sc. 2, l. 208
Ay, do, persever, counterfeit sad looks,
Make mouths upon me when I turn my back.
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (1595-6) act 3, sc. 2, l. 237
O! when she’s angry she is keen and shrewd.
She was a vixen when she went to school:
And though she be but little, she is fierce.
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (1595-6) act 3, sc. 2, l. 323
Night’s swift dragons cut the clouds full fast,
And yonder shines Aurora’s harbinger;
At whose approach, ghosts, wandering here and there,
Troop home to churchyards.
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (1595-6) act 3, sc. 2, l. 379
Cupid is a knavish lad,
Thus to make poor females mad.
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (1595-6) act 3, sc. 2, l. 440
Jack shall have Jill;
Nought shall go ill;
The man shall have his mare again,
And all shall be well.
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (1595-6) act 3, sc. 2, l. 461
I must to the barber’s, mounsieur, for methinks I am marvellous hairy about the face.
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (1595-6) act 4, sc. 1, l. [25]
I have a reasonable good ear in music: let us have the tongs and the bones.
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (1595-6) act 4, sc. 1, l. [32]
Methinks I have a great desire to a bottle of hay: good hay, sweet hay, hath no fellow.
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (1595-6) act 4, sc. 1, l. [37]
I pray you, let none of your people stir me: I have an exposition of sleep come upon me.
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (1595-6) act 4, sc. 1, l. [43]
My Oberon! what visions have I seen!