To De Maucroix he wrote, a little before his death,--"I assure you that the best of your friends cannot count upon more than fifteen days of life.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

For what, if they touch you neither in soul nor body, are such things to you as the low birth of your father, or the adultery of your wife, or the loss of some prize or precedence, since even by their absence a man is not prevented from being in excellent condition both of body and soul.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

Don't, I beg of you, forget the head!" cried the Woggle-Bug, excitedly.
— from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

Withdrawal of the best of yourself from the work to be done is sure to bring final disaster.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

Liksiyunun ta ka sa ímung binúang, I will discipline you because of your foolishness.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

We may therefore believe, without any hesitation, that since, as you say, sir knight, everything in this castle goes and is brought about by means of enchantment, Sancho, I say, may possibly have seen, through this diabolical medium, what he says he saw so much to the detriment of my modesty.” “I swear by God Omnipotent,” exclaimed Don Quixote at this, “your highness has hit the point; and that some vile illusion must have come before this sinner of a Sancho, that made him see what it would have been impossible to see by any other means than enchantments; for I know well enough, from the poor fellow’s goodness and harmlessness, that he is incapable of bearing false witness against anybody.” “True, no doubt,” said Don Fernando, “for which reason, Senor Don Quixote, you ought to forgive him and restore him to the bosom of your favour, sicut erat in principio, before illusions of this sort had taken away his senses.” Don Quixote said he was ready to pardon him, and the curate went for Sancho, who came in very humbly, and falling on his knees begged for the hand of his master, who having presented it to him and allowed him to kiss it, gave him his blessing and said, “Now, Sancho my son, thou wilt be convinced of the truth of what I have many a time told thee, that everything in this castle is done by means of enchantment.”
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Such, O monarchs of earth! was your banquet of power, But the tocsin has burst on your festival hour— 'Tis your knell that it rings!
— from Poems by Victor Hugo

My Lord Bassanio, and my gentle lady, I wish you all the joy that you can wish; For I am sure you can wish none from me; And when your honours mean to solemnize The bargain of your faith, I do beseech you Even at that time I may be married too.
— from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

Blake, 153 , 19; and his time, 431 , 24; the bookful, 418 , 49 Blood , a peculiar fluid, 31 , 7; alone, not ennobling, 534 , 23; good, a virtue of, 31 , 50; hard to tame, 419 , 8; {pg 577} justification of shedding, 418 , 41; no foundation set on, 474 , 31; through scoundrels, 287 , 39 Bloom , of youth, fading, 320 , 25; season of, only once, 441 , 38 Blossom , no, no fruit, 301 , 7 Blossoms , not fruits, 30 , 60 Blue-stocking , estimate of, 1 , 43 Blunder , the most fatal, 473 , 28; worse than a crime, 39 , 10 Blundering , a means of learning, 34 , 14 Blush , a, beauty of, 172 , 3; a, in the face, 28 , 55; meaning of a, 418 , 45 Blushing , beautifying power of, 85 , 11 Bluster , a blind for cowardice, 133 , 16 Blustering , for the fop, 232 , 52 Boasters , of great things, 399 , 14 Boasting , before victory, 242 , 10 Boats , in a calm, 567 , 34 Bodies , large, likely to err, 230 , 13; without working, 126 , 5 Bodily labour, alleviating, 235 , 23 Body , a handsome, needs no cloak, 48 , 8; built by spirit, 86 , 2; effect of soul on, 110 , 32; feeble, effect of, on mind, 505 , 17; how to warm, 519 , 1; light of, 439 , 12; of man, a temple, 471 , 19; pent, here in the, 155 , 11; politic, evil in, 202 , 39; politic, the, like the human body, 233 , 11;
— 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.

I find that he has been swindled by a man in London—a moral swindle only possible because of your father's charming innocence.
— from The Man in Ratcatcher, and Other Stories by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile

"The worst of your enemies or the best of your friends would hardly call you sentimental.
— from Madcap by George Gibbs

"Don't lay the blame of your falling back on your horse, as it is the fault of your own cowardly heart," replied Don Rodrigo's squire.
— from The Cid Campeador: A Historical Romance by Antonio de Trueba

Without actually saying so, I intimated that the cold sweat was standing out in beads on your forehead and thrills of fear running up and down your spine."
— from The Secret Toll by Paul Thorne

And so Carnacha was a cheat, Cañizares an artful hag, and Montiela a fool and a rogue—be it said without offence, if by chance she was the mother of us both, or yours, for I won't have her for mine.
— from The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

"Not only on my own account," resumed Mrs. Pentreath, demurely, "but on yours; for Mrs. Frankland's letter certainly casts the responsibility of conducting this delicate business on your shoulders as well as on mine."
— from The Dead Secret: A Novel by Wilkie Collins

If the manufacturer for the home market will be compelled, as you say he must be, to lower his prices at home, in order to meet the competition of foreign imported manufactured goods, which are still liable in a duty, WHAT BECOMES OF YOUR FOREIGN MARKET AFTER YOU HAVE ANNIHILATED OR EQUALIZED THE HOME ONE ?
— from Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 by Various

"After a pleasant trip on board the 'Southern Belle,' our young friend arrived in New Orleans. "Jacob was much pleased with his new situation.
— from Tiger and Tom and Other Stories for Boys by Various

I don’t think so; in fact I feel sure it was not so, and that he realised nothing about the flowers in spite of the evidence of the coachman and of the police superintendent, who drove up at that moment and asserted afterwards that he found the governor with a bunch of yellow flowers in his hand.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

It may cost you an aching heart to do so, but by doin' it you may save her from a great deal of sorrow, and both of you from a long and heavy term of suffering.”
— from Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton