What use would wings be to a man bound in iron fetters? They would only drive him to even greater despair.

In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage, I forgot my part before a pair of lovely blue eyes.

All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices.

Because it appears to me a hazardous thing to exchange my soul for my shadow.

When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation.

Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?

In pain a new time is born.

A person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan.

Hope roves in a future of fame and wealth.

In pain is a new time born.

I am a solitary wave in the dark and desolate sea: and the sparkling glass I drank was drugged with misery.

Until I knew that it was you inside me, who has so much to say, I hesitated writing.

I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists.

You could write a joke in the pub at lunchtime and watch it performed on television that evening.

If you scare somebody enough, they stop being rational.

If you have a student who graduates from college and they don't have a job, they are now able to stay on their family health plan.

HIV/AIDS has been a big epidemic for my generation, it's been around for as long as I've been alive.

Living things have been doing just that for a long, long time. Through every kind of disaster and setback and catastrophe. We are survivors.

All the events said to have been witnessed by John alone are omitted by John alone. This fact seems fatal either to the reality of the events in question or to the genuineness of the Fourth Gospel.

In love the heavens themselves do guide the state; Money buys lands, and wives are sold by fate.