在莎士比亞作品，你可以看到《威尼斯商人》相關經典名言——
◆ All that glisters is not gold. 閃光的並不都是金子。
◆ 外觀往往和事物的本身完全不符，世人都容易為表面的裝飾所欺騙。
◆ Love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit. (A Merchant of Venice 2.6)
愛情是盲目的，戀人們看不到自己做的傻事。
◆ 沒有比較，就顯不出長處；沒有欣賞的人，烏鴉的歌聲也就和雲雀一樣。要是夜鶯在白天雜在聒噪裡歌唱，人家絕不以為它比鷦鷯唱得更美。多少事情因為逢到有利的環境，才能達到盡善的`境界，博得一聲恰當的讚賞。
◆ So is the will of a living daughter curb’d by the will of a dead father. (A Merchant of Venice 1.2)
一個活生生的女人的意願，卻被過世的父親的遺囑所限。
◆ The quality of mercy is not strained. (A Merchant of Venice 4.1)
慈悲不是出於勉強。
◆ It is a wise father that knows his own child. (A Merchant of Venice 2.2)
知子之父為智。