In the Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare, what were some of the most important quotes by the characters and why?

I love Shakespeare!

And what is music then? Then music is

Even as the flourish when true subjects bow

To a new-crowned monarch ...

I stand for sacrifice; The rest aloof are the Dardanian wives,

With bleared visages come forth to view

The issue of th'exploit. Go, Hercules.

Live thou, I live.

-Portia

it is pretty much saying that Portia, giving a speech to Bassanio before he chooses his casket. She gives him music in order to suggest that her rhymes are hinting at the lead casket.

I am here to be sacrificed - she as an individual is destroyed to save her father's estate. Here future is a function of the value of the estate. It remains to be seen whether is willing to be sacrificed or not.

She compares Bassanio to Hercules - who will save her. This is a complimetn however she references him as a fortune hunter by mentioning this. By saving Troy, Hercules got not the maiden but the horses of her father.