The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

Desdemona: O most lame and impotent conclusion!
‘Othello’ (1602-4) act 2, sc. 1, l. 148
With as little a web as this will I ensnare as great a fly as Cassio.
‘Othello’ (1602-4) act 2, sc. 1, l. [169]
Othello: If it were now to die,
’Twere now to be most happy, for I fear
My soul hath her content so absolute
That not another comfort like to this
Succeeds in unknown fate.
Desdemona: The heavens forbid
But that our loves and comforts should increase
Even as our days do grow!
‘Othello’ (1602-4) act 2, sc. 1, l. [192]
A slipper and subtle knave, a finder-out of occasions, that has an eye can stamp and counterfeit
advantages, though true advantage never present itself; a devilish knave! Besides, the knave is
handsome, young, and hath all those requisites in him that folly and green minds look after; a
pestilent complete knave! and the woman hath found him already.
‘Othello’ (1602-4) act 2, sc. 1, l. [247]
Make the Moor thank me, love me, and reward me
For making him egregiously an ass
And practising upon his peace and quiet
Even to madness.
‘Othello’ (1602-4) act 2, sc. 1, l. [320]
I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking: I could well wish courtesy would invent
some other custom of entertainment.
‘Othello’ (1602-4) act 2, sc. 3, l. [34]
My boat sails freely, both with wind and stream.
‘Othello’ (1602-4) act 2, sc. 3, l. [66]
Cassio: ’Fore God, an excellent song.
Iago: I learned it in England, where indeed they are most potent in potting; your Dane, your
German, and your swag-bellied Hollander,—drink, ho!—are nothing to your English.
‘Othello’ (1602-4) act 2, sc. 3, l. [78]
’Tis pride that pulls the country down.
‘Othello’ (1602-4) act 2, sc. 3, l. [99]
Silence that dreadful bell! it frights the isle
From her propriety.
‘Othello’ (1602-4) act 2, sc. 3, l. [177]
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
‘Othello’ (1602-4) act 2, sc. 3, l. [243]
Thy honesty and love doth mince this matter.