Wives, children, and goods must be had, and especially health, by him that can get it; but we are not so to set our hearts upon them that our happiness must have its dependence upon them; we must reserve a backshop, wholly our own and entirely free, wherein to settle our true liberty, our principal solitude and retreat.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

,” said Princess Mary, “I want you to know that I am glad my brother has found happiness....”
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Boy reach a pipe cries he that shakes, The songster no Tobacco takes, Says he who coughs, nor do I smoak, Then Monsieur Mopus turns his cloak Off from his face, and with a grave Majestick beck his pipe doth crave.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

We were almost the first persons who entered the Gardens, Mr. Branghton having declared he would have all he could get for his money, which, at best, was only fooled away at such silly and idle places.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

Having made, at least, this one hit, whatever it might prove to be worth, and no customers coming in to help him to any other, Mr. Barsad paid for what he had drunk, and took his leave: taking occasion to say, in a genteel manner, before he departed, that he looked forward to the pleasure of seeing Monsieur and Madame Defarge again.
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

"Captain Jim is a good man, but he's kind of vexing in one way.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

L'officier dit alors à son guide: «Mon brave homme, vous nous avez fait faire une course inutile: le premier champ valait bien celui-ci.--Cela est vrai, répliqua le vieillard, mais il n'est pas à moi.»
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

It is dangerous for the sportsman to show himself after having wounded one, for it will pursue him, and, although its gait may be heavy and awkward, it will have no difficulty in overtaking the fleetest runner. Anecdotes.
— from Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich

He sent, instead, a gracious message by his secretary—"Might the father pay a visit to his daughter of the Republic to inquire of her welfare and assure her of his favor, before she returned to her palace?"
— from A Golden Book of Venice by Turnbull, Lawrence, Mrs.

at the very moment when he storms about the "greedy monks" before his sons.
— from Life on a Mediaeval Barony A Picture of a Typical Feudal Community in the Thirteenth Century by William Stearns Davis

They grow mighty big hereabouts and are likely to grab anything.
— from The Radio Detectives Under the Sea by A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt) Verrill

As Seth's words grew more biting, his judgments more cruel, Fanny's face flushed with shame, then faded white with pain.
— from Green Valley by Katharine Yirsa Reynolds

I quote, with his permission given me before his lamented death, from several letters that he wrote me: "My first authentic information on the subject was from a gentleman named William Louden, whom I met in St. Louis in 1873, when I was attached to the Missouri Republican .
— from South American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of Adventure by Cyrus Townsend Brady

With a nature so complex and many-sided, he not only collected round him wicked and desperate characters from all quarters of the world, but he also attracted many brave and good men by his simulation of virtue.
— from Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers by W. Lucas (William Lucas) Collins

The Governor's face bore a look Terry had not seen in it, an unrelenting determination, a grimness: "Major Bronner has told you how I want this matter handled?" "Yes, sir.
— from Terry A Tale of the Hill People by Charles Goff Thomson

In declining to erect ecclesiastical courts Wilmot not only gratified many, but he followed the direction of his legal advisers.
— from The History of Tasmania, Volume I by John West