Who can be at enmity with one who loves them, who that is himself gentle and free from envy will be jealous of one in whom there is no jealousy?
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

I assert that there is no country in Europe in which the public administration has not become, not only more centralized, but more inquisitive and more minute it everywhere interferes in private concerns more than it did; it regulates more undertakings, and undertakings of a lesser kind; and it gains a firmer footing every day about, above, and around all private persons, to assist, to advise, and to coerce them.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Then first the trembling earth the signal gave, And flashing fires enlighten all the cave; Hell from below, and Juno from above, And howling nymphs, were conscious of their love.
— from The Aeneid by Virgil

He went forward one morning on a circle through the hills, He was gay and full of glee, and free from earthly ills; But when it came to finish up the work on which he went, Nothing came back from him; for his time on earth was spent.
— from Cowboy Songs, and Other Frontier Ballads by Various

Still, times will be good at first for employers and employed.
— from Another Sheaf by John Galsworthy

The first thing to do is to prepare a list of your guests and find for each name something that will represent it.
— from Home Entertaining: Amusements for Every One by William Eastman Chenery

"She and the girls are fast friends, especially she and Josephine, though there is certainly some slight difference of age between them.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 by Various

They are girls' books—written for girls, and fitted for every home.
— from The Lost Heir by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Small wonder was it that, confronted with such absolutely unscrupulous animosity, Warren Hastings took up the glove and fought fairly enough, but with every weapon he could lay his hands upon.
— from India Through the Ages: A Popular and Picturesque History of Hindustan by Flora Annie Webster Steel

So many fearful scenes, scenes which common life knows not, gave all food for endless thought.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 08, October, 1868, to March, 1869. by Various