No man is so formed that he can be left entirely to himself, to go his own ways; everyone needs to be guided by a preconceived plan, and to follow certain general rules.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Counsels and Maxims by Arthur Schopenhauer

As reproduction circumvents mortality and preserves a semblance of permanence in the midst of change, so intent regards what is not yet, or not here, or what exists no longer.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

In this ecstasy of the cult, man feels himself one with external nature.
— from Elements of Folk Psychology Outline of a Psychological History of the Development of Mankind by Wilhelm Max Wundt

Lors knows ef I don't fetch up a whole heap o' wittels ebery night for Miss Caterpillar from dis time forred, so I will—'deed me!"
— from Hidden Hand by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

Now, with the same dominions, the wealth they bring is either uselessly hoarded or wastefully expended; now, no buildings arise as monuments of a dynasty, no armies rejoice in the presence of a brave and noble sovereign, and, stimulated by his example, win for him renown at the points of their bright swords.
— from Confessions of a Thug by Meadows Taylor

Each had forborne to load his weapon, trusting that his omission would escape notice in the general noise, and assured that a shot more or less could be of little consequence.
— from A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Dutton Cook

Then it subsided gently among its broken and trodden boughs, and Carnaby’s task was done. 284 XXII CONSEQUENCES Early that morning before the sun had risen, when the light was still grey in the coming dawn, Robinette was awakened by a bird that called out from a tree close to her open window, every note like the striking of a golden bell.
— from Robinetta by Jane Helen Findlater

Ye heard one witness even now.
— from Queen Mary; and, Harold by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

The long-looked-for presentation took place in the Music Hall, Jarratt Street, Hull, on Wednesday evening, November the 6th, 1861.
— from The Hero of the Humber; Or, The History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe by Henry Woodcock