Gaining control and Shakespeare "Foul deeds will rise,
Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes."
(Hamlet I.2)
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages."
"To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."
"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves"
"Ambition should be made of sterner stuff."
"And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse."