Festinare nocet, nocet et cunctatio sæpe; / Tempore quæque suo qui facit, ille sapit —It is bad to hurry, and delay is often as bad; he is wise who does everything in its proper time.
— 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.

And it must be observed, that even Prometheus had not the power to free himself, but owed his deliverance to another; for no natural inbred force and fortitude could prove equal to such a task.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

he finds none; not so much as a plan, even an unwise one.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

of tallow: now, all things civil, no rudeness anywhere; then, as in a bear-garden then, two or three fiddlers; now, nine or ten of the best then, nothing but rushes upon the ground, and every thing else mean; and now, all otherwise: then, the Queen seldom and the King never would come; now, not the King only for state, but all civil people do think they may come as well as any.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

He must have come off by himself, for none notice him.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker

We derive from nature no fault that may not 25 become a virtue, no virtue that may not degenerate into a fault.
— 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.

No court, no father, nor no more ado With that harsh, noble, simple nothing- That Cloten, whose love-suit hath been to me As fearful as a siege.
— from Cymbeline by William Shakespeare

It was fully night now.
— from The Call of the Blood by Robert Hichens

Perhaps I may be excused for mentioning here that Camden quotes approvingly from Johannes Sarisburiensis a tribute to Cornish valour, and that Michael Cornubiensis has also referred to the subject in the following lines: 'Rex Arcturus nos primos Cornubienses Bellum facturus vocat, ut puta Cæsaris enses Nobis non aliis, reliquis, dat primitus ictum Per quem pax lisque, nobis fit utrumque relictum Quid nos deterret, si firmiter in pede stemus, Fraus ni nos superet, nihil est quod non supremus.' Charles was not unmindful of the gallant Sir
— from Cornish Worthies: Sketches of Some Eminent Cornish Men and Families, Volume 2 (of 2) by Walter H. (Walter Hawken) Tregellas

Naked, they far and near desert the field; Nay, never halt to snatch the covering shield.
— from Orlando Furioso by Lodovico Ariosto

But to-night I 'm no lover, nor no fool neither; natheless, the maid shall bide.
— from Long Will by Florence Converse

Three settlements were soon made, one at Fort Orange, now New York, one at Fort Nassau, now Albany, and a third in New Jersey across from Fort Orange.
— from The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. by Caroline French Benton

I am rather ashamed to have to confess that, in spite of the fact that wherever English was spoken the chances were that the conversation turned upon salmon or trout fishing, neither Nico nor I know anything of those earlier and more exciting passages in the salmon's career which culminate in his presence at the table.
— from Norway by Beatrix Jungman

That high military rank has been held by several members of the same family need not prove any of them to be great soldiers; that the government of the State is now in the hands of one family and now in the hands of another does not show anything more than that these families have been in a position to secure the offices.
— from The Criminal & the Community by James Devon