“Se me deixasse no meu próprio dispositivo, gastaria todo o meu tempo mostrando que ele é fraco como a malagueta das estações de autocarros.”

Bring Up the Bodies

Atribuídas
Variante: O tempo é a essência oculta da vida; é a própria vida em todo o seu percurso.

It was the best of times it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope it was the winter of despair, we had
A Tale of Two Cities‎ (1859), Book the First, Chapter I