When physicians cannot stop a catarrh, they divert and turn it into some other less dangerous part.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

In the old days the so-called gentleman shot himself because he had made away with Government money, but nowadays it is because he is sick of life, depressed....
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Now they stumbled in the shackles of humanity, lived in a fear that never died, fretted by a law they could not understand; their mock-human existence, begun in an agony, was one long internal struggle, one long dread of Moreau—and for what?
— from The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

There's so little to do—and at night I'm worse than lonely—I'm frightened and nervous in spite of locked doors.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

We saw, in speaking of line drawing, how the character of a line was found by observing its flatnesses and its relation to straight lines.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

After supper I sent out Le Duc and the other servant, and as soon as I was alone with my too lovely housekeeper, who had behaved at table like a woman of the world, I begged her to tell me her history.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

But the expressions of the Constitution are, to constitute "tribunals INFERIOR TO THE SUPREME COURT"; and the evident design of the provision is to enable the institution of local courts, subordinate to the Supreme, either in States or larger districts.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

Sir W. Pen looks upon me, and I on him, and speak about business together at the table well enough, but no friendship or intimacy since our late difference about his closet, nor do I desire to have any.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Eyes which show no lines when in sorrow or laughter denote a passionless and unimpressionable nature.
— from The Influence of the Stars: A book of old world lore by Rosa Baughan

"For fate is servitor of love; Desire and hope and longing prove The secret of immortal youth, And Nature cheats us into truth.
— from Poems of Nature, Poems Subjective and Reminiscent and Religious Poems, Complete Volume II of The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier by John Greenleaf Whittier

The ocean being peculiarly British property favoured the idea, and for a moment I felt as if on our southern coast; we walked forward towards the shore, and I stepped upon some rocks that broke the waves as they rolled in, and was wishing for a good bathing house that one might enjoy the benefit of salt-water so long withheld; till I saw our laquais de place crossing himself at the carriage door, and wondering, as I afterwards found out, at my matchless intrepidity.
— from Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Hester Lynch Piozzi

A great politician, it is said, once laid down this rule,—"Take care of the rich, and the rich will [Pg 251] take care of the poor."
— from Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) by Theodore Parker

"All my comfort —I will not say happiness; we have both learned, Helen, not to count too much upon happiness in this world—but all the peace of my future life, be it short or long, depends upon my having my heart's desire in this matter.
— from A Noble Life by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

The ease with which slate is obtained in slabs of large dimensions has greatly contributed in recent times toward still further increasing its applications.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898 by Various

“Mother,” he said, firmly, “the doctor may say what he likes, but I am convinced that the best cure for fever and every other disease under the sun is joy—administered judiciously, in small or large doses as the patient is able to bear it!
— from The Middy and the Moors: An Algerine Story by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

The elevation to the papacy of the cheerful and indulgent son of Lorenzo de' Medici, after the troublous reign of Julius, was hailed with delight by all Christendom, and nowhere more so than in the pope's native place, Florence.
— from Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Leigh Hunt