"If all the year were playing holidays; To sport would be as tedious as to work."

"Let me not live, after my flame lacks oil, to be the snuff of younger spirits."

"I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, Who art as black as hell, as dark as night."

"Like one Who having into truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie."

"My age is as a lusty winter, frosty, but kindly."

"I have not slept one wink."

"Duty is heavier than a mountain, death lighter than a feather."

"A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic."

"How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong!"

"When the president decides something on Monday, he still believes it on Wednesday -- no matter what happened Tuesday."

"One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist."

"What grape to keep its place in the sun, taught our ancestors to make wine?"