I will instruct my sorrows to be proud,
For grief is proud and makes his owner stoop. 
(Constance, Act 2 Scene 2)

Old Time the clock-setter, that bald sexton Time 
(Bastard, Act 3 Scene 2)

Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man; 
(Lewis, Act 3 Scene 3)

To gild refinèd gold, to paint the lily,
To throw a perfume on the violet,
To smooth the ice, or add another hue
Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,
Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. 
(Salisbury, Act 4 Scene 2) 

The spirit of the time shall teach me speed. 
(Bastard, Act 4 Scene 2) 

Makes deeds ill done! 
(King John, Act 4 Scene 2) 

Heaven take my soul, and England keep my bones! 
(Arthur, Act 4 Scene 3) 

Be great in act as you have been in thought 
(Bastard, Act 5 Scene 1)

I do not ask you much,
I beg cold comfort 
(King John, Act 5 Scene 7)

This England never did, nor never shall,
Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror,
But when it first did help to wound itself.
Now these her princes are come home again,
Come the three corners of the world in arms,
And we shall shock them. Nought shall make us rue,
If England to itself do rest but true. 
(Bastard, Act 5 Scene 7)