Freundschaft ist ein Knotenstock auf Reisen, / Lieb' ein Stäbchen zum Spazierengehn —Friendship is a sturdy stick to travel with; love a slender cane to promenade with. Chamisso.
— 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.

Magnus animus remissius loquitur et securius —The 40 talk of a great soul is at once more careless and confident than that of other men.
— 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.

For to accuse, requires lesse Eloquence (such is mans Nature) than to excuse; and condemnation, than absolution more resembles Justice.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

His so ardent and frequent agitations discover that he was in himself impetuous and passionate, “Magnus animus remissius loquitur, et securius . . .
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

“All right, let ‘em!” said Kozov, winking, “le-et em!
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

We don’t want it!” “Brothers, good Christians, we cannot leave it like this!” “All right, let ‘em!” said Kozov, winking.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

A broad expanse of the river was turned to blood; in the middle distance the red hue brightened into gold, through which a solitary log came floating, black and conspicuous; in one place a long, slanting mark lay sparkling upon the water; in another the surface was broken by boiling, tumbling rings, that were as many-tinted as an opal; where the ruddy flush was faintest, was a smooth spot that was covered with graceful circles and radiating lines, ever so delicately traced; the shore on our left was densely wooded, and the somber shadow that fell from this forest was broken in one place by a long, ruffled trail that shone like silver; and high above the forest wall a clean-stemmed dead tree waved a single leafy bough that glowed like a flame in the unobstructed splendor that was flowing from the sun.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

Chain adjusting rod; long end; small end Bielle de tension de chaîne; grand côté; petit côté.
— from English-French and French-English dictionary of the motor car, cycle, and boat by Frederick Lucas

Below us was the beautiful valley of Chamouni itself, through which the Arve and Arveiron rushed like enlivening spirits.
— from The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, an account of the origin and phenomena of glaciers and an exposition of the physical principles to which they are related by John Tyndall

The canoes were formed into a rough line; each stern-man lit a torch of coconut leaves bound with bark, and a man forward took his place standing—net in hand.
— from Faery Lands of the South Seas by James Norman Hall

Ranunculus bulbosus, Linn. , Europe, N. Amer. repens, Linn. , Europe, Siberia, N. Amer.
— from Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. (Maxwell Tylden) Masters