“All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices.”

They would only drive him to even greater despair.

After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port.

Because it appears to me a hazardous thing to exchange my soul for my shadow.

In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage,

Hope roves in a future of fame and wealth.

Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?

In pain a new time is born.

When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation.

On recovering my senses

In pain is a new time born.

Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd,

I hastened to quit a place where I hoped there was nothing further to detain me.

I will give you three days to seek your shadow.

A person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan.

What use would wings be to a man bound in iron fetters?

went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze.

Deprived of pain, and also deprived of danger, able to do what it wants, [Nature] does not need us, nor understands our deserts, and it cannot be angry.

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.

Do we not see all humans unaware Of what they want, and always searching everywhere, And changing place, as if to drop the load they bear?

You doubt God? Well more to the point I credit God with the good sense to doubt me. What is mortality after all but divine doubt flashing over us? For an instant God suspends assent and poof! we disappear.

You are all spirits. It is not that you “have” a spirit.

Start small but think big. You can come far on your journey by making little steps.

No man is wise enough by himself.

Don’t worry my dear, the sun will rise again and so will your heart from these dark places.