We saw in the chapter on Discrimination that two compound things are similar when some one quality or group of qualities is shared alike by both, although as regards their other qualities they may have nothing in common.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

I believe that these lowly beginnings of great men occur because Fortune is desirous of showing to the world that such men owe much to her and little to wisdom, because she begins to show her hand when wisdom can really take no part in their career: thus all success must be attributed to her.
— from The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

So we feel on each occasion, and the anticipation of harm becomes stronger and stronger, and where we at first used to sit calmly through a somewhat prolonged vibration, the wooden joints of the house harshly creaking and the crockery rattling merrily on the shelves, we now spring from our chairs and rush for the door at the slightest movement.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

The lesser resist poison, assuages the swelling of the testicles, coming either through wind or cold, helps cold taken after sweating or labour, wind cholic: outwardly it draws out thorns, and cures both wounds and ulcers.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

And then Halaon made him come before him, and said to him, Why, quoth he, haddest thou not taken with thee more soldiers and men enough, for a little quantity of treasure, for to defend thee and thy country, that art so abundant of treasure and so high in all worship?
— from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

Their little brother Hachimaro, a mere infant of eight summers, was condemned to a similar fate, as the sentence was pronounced on all the male members of the family, and the three were taken to a monastery where it was to be executed.
— from Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe

My teeth are so sharp that I can cut through a stick just like a knife.”
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

But—somehow I guess we've come to a showdown, Chum; you an' me.
— from His Dog by Albert Payson Terhune

And clear the answer sped [128] From warm mouth murmuring kiss and cheer, "Never I leave thee, O my dear!"
— from Helen Redeemed and Other Poems by Maurice Hewlett

Beat fifteen minutes, and then put in some essence of lemon, and the whites of the eggs cut to a stiff froth.
— from Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt Book Designed as a Supplement to Her Treatise on Domestic Economy by Catharine Esther Beecher

I call that a shame!
— from Baseball Joe in the Big League; or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles by Lester Chadwick

But no changes were made in the catalogue and no formal notices were sent to the pupils; as it seemed almost certain that any such announcement would cause the attendance for the following year to fall off, perhaps to the lasting detriment of the school.
— from Girls of Highland Hall: Further Adventures of the Dandelion Cottagers by Carroll Watson Rankin

Man, like every other animal, has no doubt advanced to his present high condition through a struggle for existence consequent on his rapid multiplication; and if he is to advance still higher, it is to be feared that he must remain subject to a severe struggle.
— from The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin

He told, for example, of sausages being brought to market in an eastern town, that, when purchased and prepared for frying, were found to be filled with chopped turnip and shreds of red flannel.
— from My First Cruise, and Other stories by William Henry Giles Kingston

The alarm which brings the blood in the swiftest current to a seaman's heart, was now heard in the depths of the vessel.
— from The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale by James Fenimore Cooper

Robineau if they could tell me of any special circumstance which in their opinion had contributed to the extreme duration of the life 159 of this old lady, they replied as follows:—“We are convinced that a slight bodily derangement, present for the last fifty years, has tended to prolong the life of the old lady.
— from The Prolongation of Life: Optimistic Studies by Elie Metchnikoff