You freeze where you are, time stops, and your heart thunders in your ears.
At my lemonade stand I used to give the first glass away free and charge five dollars for the second glass. The refill contained the antidote.
In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be.
Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.
It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis.
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.
Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing.