His learned friend—Sir Ernest nodded carelessly at Mr. Philips—had stated that if the prisoner were an innocent man, he would have come forward at the inquest to explain that it was he, and not Mr. Inglethorp, who had been the participator in the quarrel.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

[1234] Ego nihil certe apud me possum statuere, maxime de Episcopo in armis.
— from History of the Great Reformation, Volume 4 by J. H. (Jean Henri) Merle d'Aubigné

But little towns often encourage narrow circles, and make people more selfish than they intend."
— from The Entailed Hat; Or, Patty Cannon's Times by George Alfred Townsend