I assure you, on my honor, he has no better excuse for forbidding me to marry Minna than that.

Is it just, is it reasonable, to condemn a woman without first hearing what she has to say in her own defense?
Ah, now indeed I feel the loss of my own dear mother! If she had been alive she would have exerted her influence, and have made my father ashamed of his own narrow prejudices.

My position is maddening; my head whirls when I think of it.

If I go to Wurzburg, my father will never speak to me again.

If I stay here, I shall cut my throat." There was still a little beer left in the bottom of the second bottle.
Fritz poured it out, with a gloomy resolution to absorb it to the last drop.
I took advantage of this momentary pause of silence to recommend the virtue of patience to the consideration of my friend.