La plus part des hommes emploient la première partie de leur vie à rendre l'autre misérable —The generality of men expend the early part of their lives in contributing to render the latter part miserable.
— 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.

Los cuadros que hay en las paredes pueden ser al óleo, al pastel o acuarelas, aunque no dejan de [115] verse algunos
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

They ask themselves just what kind of information a man should be expected to have, to fit him for competent handling of social questions; and after long discussions they conclude that such a man should be well trained in one—and acquainted with the general findings of the others—of what we may call the social disciplines: biology, psychology, sociology, history, economics, law, politics, philosophy, and perhaps more.
— from Philosophy and the Social Problem by Will Durant

A quinze leguas desta Prouincia, caminando siempre hazia el Poniente, hallaron vn pueblo grande llamado Acoma, era de mas de seys mil animas, y estaua essentado sobre vno penna alta que tenia mas de cinquenta estados en alto, no teniendo otra entrada sino per vna escalera que estaua hecha en la propria penna, cosa que admiro mucho alos nuestros: toda el agua que en el pueblo auia era de cisternas.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 14 America, Part III by Richard Hakluyt

I love as I have ever loved, passionately, profoundly; but my love is disinterested, and soars high above all self-gratification.
— from Prince Eugene and His Times by L. (Luise) Mühlbach