At times he follows the line of Macchiavelli's argument as to the nature and conduct of princes; at others he clarifies his own conception of poetry and poets by recourse to Aristotle.
— from Every Man in His Humor by Ben Jonson

If she can't afford to hire one of her own, she must either carry her own clubs or not play golf.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

pr. one who chooses his own course of action; acting spontaneously, of one's own accord, 2 Co. 8.3, 17.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

The driver, Cesaire Horlaville, a little man with a big paunch, supple nevertheless, through his constant habit of climbing over the wheels to the top of the wagon, his face all aglow from exposure to the brisk air of the plains, to rain and storms, and also from the use of brandy, his eyes twitching from the effect of constant contact with wind and hail, appeared in the doorway of the hotel, wiping his mouth on the back of his hand.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Can he, O conqueror of thy foes, Thy strength and mine in war oppose?
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

I have myself, as American agent for the census, collected hundreds of cases of hallucination in healthy persons.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

He aspired to emulate the glory of the first and most illustrious of the emperors; after whose example, he composed his own commentaries of the Gallic war.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

The court-martial, while expressly clearing him of cowardice or disaffection, found him guilty of not doing his utmost either to defeat the French fleet or to relieve the garrison at Mahon; [291] and, as the article of war prescribed death with no alternative punishment for this offence, it felt compelled to sentence him to death.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

" "Bah!" cried a listener impatiently, "there are three broad streets leading to the gate, and we can have our choice of them.
— from My Sword's My Fortune: A Story of Old France by Herbert Hayens

It is not clearly Hindostanee, or Chinese, or Norse.
— from Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Though to her mother so sublimely forbearing, in her heart she knew too well the bitterness of revolt against nature's cruelty; her own causes of suffering became almost insignificant in her view of the tragedy of life.
— from A Life's Morning by George Gissing

It was not a lengthy operation, for a Corsican hut only consists of a single square room.
— from Abbé Aubain and Mosaics by Prosper Mérimée

Dorothy is going with her cousin and a party to the theatre, so if you will come round any time after eight o'clock you will find me alone, and we can have our chat over a glass of port and a cigar.'
— from Dorothy's Double. Volume 1 (of 3) by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

to, a fine thing, 198 , 25; with conviction, power of, 207 , 20 Commander-in-chief , risk in his absence, 504 , 36 Commanding , from obeying, 308 , 56; one good at, 363 , 20 Commandment , the eighth, comprehensiveness of, 190 , 24; 331 , 27 Commandments , the ten, in Rome, 189 , 38; 569 , 30 Commands , imperative upon all, 467 , 9; not to be debated, 84 , 22 Commendation , how to administer, 374 , 3 Commendations , censures, 181 , 19; to be weighed, 419 , 40 Commentators , weakness of, 162 , 24 Commerce , an evil effect of, 184 , 9; effect of, 548 , 56; effect of, on nations, 81 , 39; practices in, 188 , 11 Common , good, merit of serving, 142 , 25; good, neglect of, a crime, 59 , 50; men, endurance of, 567 , 34; men, lightness of, 252 , 45; men, the dread of, 367 , 41; opinion, as a standard, 197 , 6; seeing miraculous in the, 437 , 9; the, enslaving power of, 520 , 18; the, rarely mistaken, 319 , 5; things, our power in, 189 , 23 Commonplace , success of, 26 , 52 Commons , House of, Coke on, 389 , 47 Common-sense , exceptional, 315 , 37; as judge in high matters, 232 , 41; genius of humanity, 235 , 9; in high rank, rare, 368 , 13; how maintained, 314 , 20; the advantage of, 440 , 25 Commonwealth , strongest, based on passion, 180 , 32; the condition of its welfare, 172 , 9; under so many heads, 310 , 24 Communications with God and man, 528 , 32 Communicative man, to be dreaded, 467 , 3 Communism , injustice in, 185 , 39 Communities like Arctic explorers, 273 , 28 Community , constituents of, 361 , 27 Companion , a faithful, 396 , 39; pleasant, value of, 44 , 49 Companions , to chose, 217 , 37 Companionship , loving, value of, 340 , 45; on a journey, 119 , 25; test of a man, 411 , 41; wise, value of, 148 , 44 Company , as marking a man, 7 , 46; decent, condition of introduction into, 490 , 26; descent from high, to low, 266 , 4; effect of too much, 397 , 20; for entertainment, 544 , 6; good, effect of, on virtue, 129 , 15; good, on the road, 129 , 16; good, restlessness for, 551 , 4; the, to keep, 217 , 19, 21; versus solitude, 464 , 38; we should seek, 524 , 8 Comparison no proof, 45 , 34 Compass , susceptibility of, to error, 18 , 53 Compassion , and courage joined, 505 , 47; and ingratitude incompatible, 194 , 17 Compelled , he who can be, 44 , 20 Compensation , in nature, 90 , 46; law of, 109 , 35; universal, 94 , 14 Competency , meaning of, 535 , 2 Competition , death, 131 , 13; the only worthy, 445 , 42 Complaining , Burns' contempt for, 106 , 46; how to avoid, 215 , 27; misery of always, 490 , 4; our, a reflection on heaven, 345 , 5 our, Swift on, 337 , 28; uselessness of, 316 , 47 Complains , who, gets little compassion, 151 , 43 Complaint , matter of just, 237 , 33; whining, despicable, 166 , 36 {pg 582} Complaints , cure, for many, 237 , 25; not, only events, a fit subject, 483 , 44; our, aimlessness of, 339 , 7; to hear, 493 , 17 Completeness , attainable by all, 60 , 3 Complexion , a sour, how to get rid of, 197 , 33 Complies against his will, 145 , 44 Compliment , the most elegant, 57 , 3 Compliments , mere, no tempting bait, 277 , 6 Composition ,
— 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.