Memorable lines from Shakespeare's sonnets

Though the plots and prose of his plays are as relevant today as they were a century ago, Shakespeare is also known for his timeless sonnets. Sonnets are poems with a specific format and rhyme scheme. Shakespeare wrote on love, friendship, heartbreak, nature, humanity and most of these sonnets were parts of his plays. The emotion he conveys with his witty words can warm even the most unromantic heart and can be comforting, as the emotions they invoke are timeless. Here are some memorable lines from his sonnets which will bring a smile to your face.

"O, learn to read what silent love hath writ:
To hear with eyes belongs to love's fine wit.”

“If thou dost seek to have what thou dost hide,
By self-example mayst thou be denied.”

"So true a fool is love that in your will,
Though you do any thing, he thinks no ill.”

"Then will I swear beauty herself is black,
And all they foul that thy complexion lack”

"So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.”

“Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,"

"For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds;
Lillies that fester smell far worse than weeds.”

"For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.”

"And other strains of woe, which now seem woe,
Compared with loss of thee will not seem so.”