| A | B |
| "Frailty, thy name is woman!" | Hamlet about his mom |
| "Neither a borrower nor a lender be." | Polonius |
| "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark." | Marcellus (guard) |
| "The serpent that did sting thy father's life/Now wears his crown." | King Hamlet |
| "The time is out of joint! O cursed spite that ever I was born to make things right." | Hamlet about time |
| "Brevity is the soul of wit." | Polonius |
| "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't." | Hamlet as he pretends madness |
| "The play's the thing/Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king." | Hamlet's idea to catch Claudius |
| "To be or not to be; that is the question." | Hamlet about suicide |
| "Madness in great ones must not unwatched go." | Claudius |
| "The lady doth protest too much, ,methinks." | Queen Gertrude about the actor |
| "Do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe?" | Hamlet about being tricked |
| "Words without thoughts never to heaven go." | Claudius |
| She . . . "fell in the weeping brook . . . ." | Ophelia |
| "The drink, the drink! I am poisoned." | Queen Gertrude about her fate |
| "The king, the king's to blame." | Laertes |
| "Good night, sweet Prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest." | Horatio |