help with shakespeare quotes for othello?

Question

I found a few quotes that im considering using for my essay on othello... but i'm not really sure what the meanings are...
if anyone is good at translating old english please help me out!
im also looking for info on desdemona and emilia and how their personalities compare and contrast..any ideas?


-"Thou hast not half that pow’r to do me harm / As I have to be hurt." (Emilia 5.2)
-"O gull! O dolt! / As ignorant as dirt!" (Emilia 5.2)

"Who would not make her husband a cuckold, to make him a monarch?" Emilia, Act IV scene iii
-"Heaven me such uses send,
Not to pick bad from bad, but by bad mend."
Desdemona, Act IV scene iii

"I hold my peace, sir? no;
No, I will speak as liberal as the north;
Let heaven and men and devils, let them all,
All, all, cry shame against me, yet I'll speak."
Emilia, Act Vscene ii

Answer 1

Here are some websites to assist you:
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/phrases-sayings-shakespeare.html
http://absoluteshakespeare.com/glossary/a.htm
http://quotations.about.com/od/shakespearequotes/Famous_William_Shakespeare_Quotes.htm