King Richard II. — I. 1
Retribution
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to scourge us.
King Lear — V. S.
If these men have defeated the law, and outrun native punishment, though they can outstrip men, they have no wings to fly from God.
King Henry V. — IV. 1
Scars
A sear nobly got, or a noble scar, is a good livery of honor.
All’s Well That Ends Well — IV. 6
To such as boasting show their scars,
A mock is due.
Troilus and Cressida — IV. 5
Self-Conquest
Better conquest never can’st thou make,
Than arm thy constant and thy nobler parts
Against those giddy loose suggestions.
King John — III. 1
Self-Exertion
Men at some time are masters of their fates;
The fault is not in our stars,
But in ourselves.
Julius Caesar — I. 2
Self-Reliance
Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie,
Which we ascribe to heaven: the fated sky
Gives us free scope; only, doth backward pull
Our slow designs, when we ourselves are dull.