Shakespeare: Care's an enemy to life

In honor of Tombili the cat, I am reposting this Shakespearean proverb from Twelfth Night:

Care's an enemy to life.

For more proverbs from Shakespeare, see Shakespeare Proverbs by Mary Cowden Clarke (1848). Meanwhile, you can find out more about the life and death of Tombili, Istanbul's internationally famous cat, here: A Dearly Departed Istanbul Cat Gets a Commemorative Statue.

Shakespeare: He that sleeps

Today's Shakespearean proverb is from Cymbeline:

He that sleeps feels not the toothache.

For more proverbs from Shakespeare, see Shakespeare Proverbs by Mary Cowden Clarke (1848).

Shakespeare: The Wine of Life

Today's Shakespearean quote is from Macbeth:

The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees is left this vault to brag of.

Shakespeare: Darkness

Today's Shakespearean quote is from Macbeth:

Darkness does the face of earth entomb.

Shakespeare: The Snake

Today's Shakespearean quote is from Macbeth:

We have scotch'd the snake, not kill'd it.

Shakespeare: I Drink

Today's Shakespearean quote is from Macbeth:

I drink to the general joy o' the whole table.

Shakespeare: Assailable

Today's Shakespearean quote is from Macbeth:

There's comfort yet: they are assailable.

Shakespeare: Vaulting Ambition

Today's Shakespearean quote is from Macbeth:

Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself.

Shakespeare: Both Sides Are Even

Today's Shakespearean quote is from Macbeth:

Both sides are even: here I'll sit i' the midst.

Shakespeare: 'Tis Much He Dares

Today's Shakespearean quote is from Macbeth:

'Tis much he dares.

Shakespeare: The West Yet Glimmers

Today's Shakespearean quote is from Macbeth:

The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day.

Shakespeare: O Horror!

Today's Shakespearean quote is from Macbeth:

O horror, horror, horror!

Shakespeare: Ravell'd Sleeve of Care

Today's Shakespearean quote is from Macbeth:

Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleeve of care.

Shakespeare: The Innocent Flower

Today's Shakespearean quote is from Macbeth:

Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under't.

Shakespeare: Thick Night

Today's Shakespearean quote is from Macbeth:

Come, thick night, and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell.

Shakespeare: Night's Agents

Today's Shakespearean quote is from Macbeth:

Night's black agents to their preys do rouse.

Shakespeare: Good Things of Day

Today's Shakespearean quote is from Macbeth:

Good things of day begin to droop and drowse.

Shakespeare: The Mind's Construction

Today's Shakespearean quote is from Macbeth:

There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.

Shakespeare: Sound and Fury

Today's Shakespearean quote is from Macbeth:

Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Shakespeare: Lost Hopes

Today's Shakespearean quote is from Macbeth:

I have lost my hopes.