Whoever ventures to injure another, ought to beware lest a greater evil befall himself.
— from The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Phaedrus

And now, Bertie, like a good chap, shove off.
— from Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

“The house with the bow-window,” said Wemmick, “being by the river-side, down the Pool there between Limehouse and Greenwich, and being kept, it seems, by a very respectable widow who has a furnished upper floor to let, Mr. Herbert put it to me, what did I think of that as a temporary tenement for Tom, Jack, or Richard?
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Earth disappears; to the Asa’s high feast Gjallar-horn bids me; Blessedness, like a Gold-helmet, circles their up-coming guest!”
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

Our consciousness would be like a glow-worm spark, illuminating the point it immediately covered, but leaving all beyond in total darkness.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

In his Way he met with a Pyrate Sloop of ten Guns, commanded by one Major Bonnet , lately a Gentleman of good Reputation and Estate in the Island of Barbadoes , whom he joyned; but in a few Days after, Teach , finding that Bonnet knew nothing of a maritime Life, with the Consent of his own Men, put in another Captain, one Richards , to Command Bonnet ’s Sloop, and took the Major on aboard his own Ship, telling him, that as he had not been used to the Fatigues and Care of such a Post, it would be better for him to decline it, and live easy and at his Pleasure, in such a Ship as his, where he should not be obliged to perform Duty, but follow his own Inclinations.
— from A General History of the Pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time by Daniel Defoe

She was in the store when the hatter received a call from Bixiou, Lora and Gazonal.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

It has often led him to be liberal and generous, to give his money freely, to display hospitality, to assist his tenants, and relieve the poor.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

To instance in an action of the mixed kind mentioned in the first chapter, safe arrival at land is naturally desired, two means are suggested, either a certain loss of goods, or trying to save both lives and goods, the question being debated, the former is chosen, this decision is communicated to the Will, which causes the owner’s hands to throw overboard his goods: the act is denominated voluntary, because the Will is consenting, but in so denominating it, we leave out of sight how that consent was obtained.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

By a secret article of the agreement with France James promised to grant even greater freedom to Catholics than had been promised them in his dealings with the Spanish court, and as a pledge of his good faith he released many prisoners who had been convicted on account of their religion, returned some of the fines that had been levied, and gave a hint to those charged with the administration of the law that the penal enactments should not be enforced.
— from History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 2 by James MacCaffrey

It is certain he gently forced it from my uncle's grasp, and, in the twinkling of an eye, all the savages were gathered round it, uttering many but low and guarded expressions of surprise.
— from The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

As he became more violent, his sister tried to quiet him, and induce him to behave like a gentleman; but he replied to her in a tone and with words which made the captain’s cheeks tinge with indignation.
— from Up The Baltic; Or, Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark by Oliver Optic

160 A few years afterwards he was sent to a school in Westmorland, where he was taught both Latin and Greek.
— from A History of Lancashire by Henry Fishwick

[Pg 88] Acari , or mites, are the next insect sources of disease in the human species, and that not of one, but probably of many kinds both local and general.
— from An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 1 or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects by William Kirby

There had been likewise a great consumption of cards.
— from Club Life of London, Vol. 1 (of 2) With Anecdotes of the Clubs, Coffee-Houses and Taverns of the Metropolis During the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries by John Timbs

He has been rabid on the export of arms from the United States to the Allies, but like all Germans, when they see we cannot be scared into a change of policy, he is making a nice recovery.
— from Face to Face with Kaiserism by James W. (James Watson) Gerard

When you go to rob and murder a man, just tell him to keep cool and behave like a gentleman and you won't do a thing to him but steal all his property and cut his throat and retire in good order, God always seemed to fight on the side of the man who would murder most of his fellow-men and degrade the greatest number of women.
— from Men, Women, and Gods; and Other Lectures by Helen H. (Helen Hamilton) Gardener

You must remember, in the first place, that I did not believe like a German Doctor of Philosophy.
— from The Black Monk, and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov