No news, and no time to write it if there had been, for every moment is precious.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker

The plan I stated to Capt Lewis if he agrees with me we shall adopt is to procure as many horses (one for each man) if possible and to hire my present guide who I sent on to him to interegate thro the Intprtr.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

He, then, who will make you most like them, will make you as you desire, a statesman and orator: for every man is pleased when he is spoken to in his own language and spirit, and dislikes any other.
— from Gorgias by Plato

You must, however, forgive me if I do not say much in return, for every minute is precious; besides, I am obliged chiefly to write at night, for the mornings are so very dark; then I have to dress, and the servant at the Weiser sometimes admits a troublesome visitor.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Arguments in favour of (for example) memory in plants are only arguments in favour of habit-memory, not of knowledge-memory.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell

From actresses and mistresses I got fantastic prices for exclusive models I promised not to repeat.
— from Paris Vistas by Helen Davenport Gibbons

The laws of these people are few and simple, but most exactly and punctually observed; the fundamental of which is, that strong love and mutual regard for each member in particular, and for the whole community in general, which is inculcated into them from their earliest infancy; page 11
— from The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew, King of the Beggars Containing his Life, a Dictionary of the Cant Language, and many Entertaining Particulars of that Extraordinary Man by Unknown

Even so, only after a higher and holier order, must it be with the better covenant and that invisible sanctuary where a reconciled God may for ever meet in peace His spiritual Israel.
— from Messages from the Epistle to the Hebrews by H. C. G. (Handley Carr Glyn) Moule

A general disinfection of kit and a daily reporting for twenty-one days for examination makes it practically impossible for a new rating to bring disease to the Ship's Company.
— from Stories of the Ships by Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome) Freeman

And as often as it passes it takes you: for every morning it passes, by day and by night; and it is nothing but shuddering to hear such preaching.
— from The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Books of the Bible, Volume 15 (of 32) The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Volume I by Alfred Tucker

The man piped in red lights my fire every morning in Persia, and arranges my tub, and we breakfast very late because there is nothing to do on three days of the week— i.e. , Friday, the Persian Sabbath, Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, and Sunday, the Armenian Sunday.
— from My War Experiences in Two Continents by S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan

"Oh woods, and heights of rugged stone, Oh weariness of sky above me, For ever must I pine and moan, With none to comfort, none to love me, Alone, alone?
— from Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore