If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.
Music played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they go into battle.
I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom.
Whether a revolution succeeds or fails people of great hearts will always be sacrificed to it.
Christ rode on an ass, but now asses ride on Christ.
It is a common phenomenon that just the prettiest girls find it so difficult to get a man.