Shakespeare influenced the English language more than any other individual. He invented new words, used old words in new ways, and shaped the language we speak today. Here are five expressions that have held on:

• Brave New World

Miranda: How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in 't! (The Tempest)

• Fair Play

Troilus: When many times the captive Grecian falls Even in the fan and wind of your fair sword, you bid them rise, and live.

Hector: O, 'tis fair play. (Troilus and Cressida)

• Foregone Conclusion

Iago: Nay, this was but his dream.

Othello: But this denoted a foregone conclusion. (Othello)

• Foul Play

Gloucester: Good my friends, consider; you are my guests. Do me no foul play, friends. (King Lear)

• Into Thin Air

Prospero: Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air. (The Tempest)