That is the one eternal education; to be sure enough that something is true that you dare to tell it to a child.
— from What's Wrong with the World by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

¶ Next after the Britains entered the Saxons, in the third yéere of king Vortiger; and in the yéere of our Lord 450, and they gouerned vntill the last yéere of king Athelstane, which was in the yéere of Christ 938.
— from Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete by William Harrison

"See here," the woman retorted sharply, "if you think that an old woman who is dull can look bright, that one who feels cross can become pleasant every time she is told to, you don't know anything about human nature.
— from Cheerfulness as a Life Power by Orison Swett Marden

It depends on ourselves to make use of every trial, so I trust that you may be able to forgive and forget—the last is the more difficult. " ...
— from The Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare

Through his Legation she endeavoured to send information to the Y.M.C.A. and to Bertie's widow that Albert Adams of the Y.M.C.A. "had died in Brussels from the consequences of the War.
— from Mrs. Warren's Daughter: A Story of the Woman's Movement by Harry Johnston