A long time ago, there was no such thing as school, and children spent their days learning a trade, a phrase which here means "standing around doing tedious tasks under the instruction of a bossy adult." In time, however, people realized that the children could be allowed to sit, and the first school was invented.

Anyone who thinks the pen is mightier than the sword has not been stabbed with both.

There is no worse sound in the world than someone who cannot play the violin but insists on doing so anyway.

Dead women tell no tales. Sad men write them down.

I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday.

and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.

The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up.