And for a discerning man somewhat too passionate a lover, for I like her with all her faults; nay, like her for her faults.
— from The Way of the World by William Congreve

The failings of good men are commonly more published in the world than their good deeds; and one fault of a deserving man shall meet with more reproaches than all his virtues praise;
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

Should Hornie, as in ancient days, 'Mang sons o' God present him, The vera sight o' Moodie's face, To 's ain het hame had sent him Wi' fright that day.
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

‘You have lied to me, and deceived me,’ she said.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

Cold, want, and fatigue, were the least pains which I was destined to endure; I was cursed by some devil, and carried about with me my eternal hell; yet still a spirit of good followed and directed my steps, and, when I most murmured, would suddenly extricate me from seemingly insurmountable difficulties.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

"I will stay with thee always, dear master," said he, "for never have I known such kindness as thou hast shown me this day.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

‘This fir tree,’ I found myself at one time saying, ‘will certainly be the next thing that takes the awful plunge and disappears,’—and then I was disappointed to find that the wreck of a Dutch merchant ship overtook it and went down before.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

A little before the time when the students were expected to arrive Doctor Mack shut himself up in his room, taking care to open the transom.
— from Walter Sherwood's Probation by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

Both had been tempted by a physical instinct—both were born to a destiny more spiritual.
— from Swords Reluctant by Max Pemberton

As for Virginia, with a firm and dignified mien, she waved her hand, as if bidding us an eternal farewell.
— from Paul and Virginia from the French of J.B.H. de Saint Pierre by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

And every time I see a policeman the cold chills run up and down my spine, and I speckle all over with goose-flesh.
— from The Invisible Foe A Story Adapted from the Play by Walter Hackett by Louise Jordan Miln

'Since his present majesty's accession to the throne I have absolutely refused to be concerned with the Pretender or any of his affairs; and during my stay in Italy have behaved myself in a manner that Dr. Peters, Mr. Godolphin, and Mr. Mills can declare to be consistent with my duty to the present king.
— from The Wits and Beaux of Society. Volume 1 by Philip Wharton