Quotes from Romeo and Juliet Take to the oars when there is no wind. Loving his children's mother is one of the most important things a man can do for them. "Whatever the human mind can imagine and believe, it is capable of accomplishing." -Napoleon Bonaparte "To be or not to be: that is the question". This famous line from Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet comes from Friar Laurence who asks Prince Romeo if he is willing to die for love. "A glutton and a drunkard": this is what Paris calls Romeo after seeing him eat and drink too much at a feast where he has gone with Lady Montague's permission. It means he is a bad person. Romeo dies because of a poison called Roman blood which is given to him by Paris before their marriage. Juliet also dies young. Her death sentence is changed into a long sleep because she has only lived nine years instead of being dead for three days like her cousin Tybalt. Shakespeare wrote several other plays after Romeo and Juliet so these two characters have been replaced by others in the stories. But they remain stars in the world of theater because people love them even today.