Quotes from Henry IV, Part Two

14 notable lines from William Shakespeare · c. 1597

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Henry IV, Henry IV Part 2

  1. We have heard the chimes at midnight, Master Shallow.

    Falstaff, Henry IV Part 2

  2. I know thee not, old man. Fall to thy prayers.

    Henry V, Henry IV Part 2

  3. O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, that thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down?

    King Henry IV, Act III scene i

  4. I know thee not, old man: fall to thy prayers; how ill white hairs become a fool and jester!

    King Henry V rejecting Falstaff, Act V scene v

  5. He hath eaten me out of house and home; he hath put all my substance into that fat belly of his.

    Mistress Quickly, Act II scene i

  6. Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.

    King Henry IV to Prince Hal, Act IV scene v

  7. A man can die but once; we owe God a death.

    Feeble, Act III scene ii

  8. Presume not that I am the thing I was, for God doth know, so shall the world perceive, that I have turn'd away my former self.

    King Henry V, Act V scene v

  9. I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.

    Falstaff, Act I scene ii

  10. Rumour is a pipe blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures.

    Rumour, Induction

  11. Past and to come seems best; things present worst.

    Archbishop of York, Act I scene iii

  12. From Rumour's tongues they bring smooth comforts false, worse than true wrongs.

    Rumour, Induction

  13. If I had a thousand sons, the first humane principle I would teach them should be, to forswear thin potations and to addict themselves to sack.

    Falstaff, Act IV scene iii