1315-1319 | Nam si, ut in fabulis est, Neptunus, quod Theseo promiserat, non fecisset, Theseus Hippolyto filio non esset orbatus; ex tribus enim optatis, ut scribitur, hoc erat tertium, quod de Hippolyti interitu iratus optavit; quo impetrato in maximos luctus incidit.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

alius bonae deae, et ne qua pars probro vacet.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Casarte tú con mi hija, casarte tú con ella, no queriendo yo!...
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Emas non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est: / Quod non opus est, asse carum est —Buy not what you want, but what you need; what you don't want is dear at a cent.
— 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.

Esto quod es; quod sunt alii, sine quemlibet 20 esse: / Quod non es, nolis; quod potes esse, velis —Be what you are; let whoso will be what others are.
— 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.

FOURTH DECLENSION FIFTH DECLENSION aditus commeātus passus rēs frūmentāria 279 Adjectives FIRST AND SECOND DECLENSIONS aequus bīnī ducentī duo exterus īnferus maximus medius minimus opportūnus optimus pessimus plūrimus posterus prīmus reliquus secundus singulī superus tardus ternī ūnus THIRD DECLENSION alacer, alacris, alacre audāx, audāx celer, celeris, celere citerior, citerius difficilis, difficile dissimilis, dissimile facilis, facile gracilis, gracile humilis, humile ingēns, ingēns interior, interius lēnis, lēne maior, maius melior, melius minor, minus nōbilis, nōbile peior, peius ——, plūs prior, prius recēns, recēns similis, simile trēs, tria ulterior, ulterius Adverbs ācriter audācter bene facile ferē fortiter magis magnopere maximē melius minimē multum optimē parum paulō plūrimum prope propius proximē quam statim tam undique Conjunctions Prepositions atque, ac aut aut ... aut et ... et nam quā dē causā quam ob rem simul atque or simul ac circum contrā inter ob trāns Verbs CONJ.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Nec promissa igitur servanda sunt ea, quae sint iis, quibus promiseris, inutilia, nec, si plus tibi ea noceant quam illi prosint, cui
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nam qui vestitum quaerere prohibet, is et nudum quaerere prohibiturus est; eo magis, quod invenerit ibi imponat, neutrum eorum procedit, si id quod quaeratur, ejus magnitudinis aut naturae sit ut neque subjici, neque ibi imponi possit.
— 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

Escobar now quitted the bay, and intended laying-to until the rest of our vessels should come up, but was driven a considerable way out to sea by a strong south wind.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

"Well, Champagny," exclaimed Napoleon, quickly, "do you not yet bring us peace?"
— from Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

"I never thought of him—not in that way," said Mary Ellen, not quite able to put an end to this conversation.
— from The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains by Emerson Hough

Domine Deus pater omnipotens, lumen indeficiens, exaudi nos, quia tu es conditor omnium luminum.
— from Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete by William Harrison

You would see my Lady So-and-So, who can go to the opera every night quite brave in her laces, and diamonds, and head-gear, with no more comprehension of, or care for, what is going on than a cow has of true and undefiled religion, change place with some poor soul to whom music comes full of consolation, and rest, and sympathy, and who cannot go at all.
— from Letters of Peregrine Pickle by George P. (George Putnam) Upton

13. Is autem qui sanus fuerat effectus, nesciebat quis esset.
— from The Gospel of St. John by Joseph MacRory

[93] Del centro de estas costumbres y gustos generales se levantan especialidades notables, que un día embellecerán y darán un tinte original al drama y al romance nacional.
— from Argentina, Legend and History by Lucio Vicente López

" "Oh, I mean Benoni, of course," exclaimed Nino quickly.
— from A Roman Singer by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

Calcutta (900), on the left bank of the Hooghly, the largest and westernmost branch of the Ganges delta, about 80 m. from the sea; is the capital of Bengal and the Indian Empire, and the residence of the Governor-General; the Government buildings, Bishop's College (now an engineering school) High Court, town hall, bank, museum, university, St. Paul's cathedral, and many other English Buildings have earned for it the name "city of palaces"; but the native quarters, though being improved, are still squalid, the houses of mud or bamboo; an esplanade, numerous quays, an excellent water-supply, gas, and tramway services, add to the amenities; there are extensive dockyards, warehouses, iron-works, timber yards, and jute mills; extensive railway and steamboat communications make it the chief emporium of commerce in Asia; ships of 5000 tons enter the docks; founded in 1686, Calcutta was captured by Surajah Dowlah, and the "Black Hole" massacre perpetrated in 1756; became the capital of India in 1772, and has suffered frequently from cyclones; the population are two-thirds Hindus, less than a third Mohammedan, and 4½ per cent.
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

This vanity was checked by an English sumptuary law—‘Statutum est ne quis escarleto, in Anglorum gente, sabelino, [II-237, II-238] vario, vel grisèo uteretur,’ Brompton, Anno 1188.
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone

It introduces into Ethics, as was there pointed out, an entirely new question—the question what things are related as causes to that which is good in itself; and this question can only be answered by an entirely new method—the method of empirical investigation; by means of which causes are discovered in the other sciences.
— from Principia Ethica by G. E. (George Edward) Moore