If it was so honorable and glorious to be black, why was it the yellow-skinned people among us had so much prestige?
The spirit of the marriage left the bedroom and took to living in the parlor.
The game of keeping what one has is never so exciting as the game of getting.
My head was full of misty fumes of doubt.
Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.
No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.