Why have you come to me here, dear heart, with all these instructions? I promise you I will do everything just as you ask. But come closer. Let us give in to grief, however briefly, in each other's arms.

My wife's not some doobie to be passed around! I took a vow on our wedding day to bogart her for life.

The persuasion of a friend is a strong thing.

Not two strong men the enormous weight could raise,- Such men as live in these degenerate days.

We cannot all hope to combine the pleasing qualities of good looks, brains, and eloquence.

And they die an equal death — the idler and the man of mighty deeds.

The outcome of the war is in our hands; the outcome of words is in the council.