The Narrator

"He had always been a man of action, and could not now sit idle."

"The cruel and remorseless tyrant has had his head cut off."

"Wine with Stain of Blood upon it."

"Darkness had closed in upon them."

"The night wore away, as the darkness of despair wore away."

"The rose, in England, is a symbol of mercy."

"The echoes of his own words had not ceased reverberating when he heard the answer."

"The old world is crumbling, and a new one is being born."

"His life was like a light that had burned out."

"The wheels of justice turn slowly but surely."

"The love between them was stronger than death itself."

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"

"The night was so very still and peaceful"

"A man may not be so ready to die, for love of another person, as to die for his principles"

"The lives we save from ruin are not limited to the saving of the body from the scaffold"

"Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey"

"Sorrow was the natural inheritance of all who lived and loved"

"Whatever our respective circumstances in life, we are all subject to the same weakness and infirmity of spirit"

"The business of the law is the ruin of families and fortunes"

"Such are the small events that lead to great consequences"

"Freedom and its antecedents may struggle with force, but the struggle is eternal"

"Better to live one day as a free man than a lifetime of slavery"

"Time is the great healer of all wounds and sorrows"

"Beauty often lies hidden beneath the surface of things, waiting to be discovered"

"The bonds of friendship are stronger than iron and deeper than the ocean"

"Great changes in the world are often preceded by great suffering and tribulation"

"The love of a good woman can transform even the most wretched of men"

"The truth, however painful, is always preferable to the most comforting of lies"

"The resurrection of the dead begins not with the body, but with the soul"

"A man's true nature is revealed not in his words, but in his actions when tested"