A simple thing enough; just what is commonly said, that a man should be temperate and master of himself, and ruler of his own pleasures and passions.
— from Gorgias by Plato

June was instantly compunctious; she ran to her aunt and kissed her.
— from The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. The Man Of Property by John Galsworthy

Now you may judge whether I could stand it any longer.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Hippolita’s real purpose was to demand of Jerome, whether in conscience she might not consent to the divorce.
— from The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole

"I expect to have to live on just whatever I can shoot or grub up.
— from The Upas Tree: A Christmas Story for all the Year by Florence L. (Florence Louisa) Barclay

“You'd better go on,” he said; “let Mrs. Brown know just what is coming; she'll need you to help her prepare the patient's room, Norah.
— from A Little Bush Maid by Mary Grant Bruce

Oh, that home of the soul in my visions and dreams, Its bright, jasper walls I can see, Till I fancy but thinly the vail intervenes Between that fair city and me!
— from Rosa's Quest Or, The Way to the Beautiful Land by Anna Potter Wright

Yea, from this love of Christ arises often joy so great as to make crosses and afflictions not only tolerable, but even desirable for Christ's sake (Acts 5:41); so that the cross is turned into joy, which is continually springing up from its eternal fountain in the centre of the soul.
— from True Christianity A Treatise on Sincere Repentence, True Faith, the Holy Walk of the True Christian, Etc. by Johann Arndt

“You may judge whether I choose such a time to joke.”
— from The Chaperon by Henry James

If my reader, as aforesaid, has had such experience, he will understand the strange, exalting shock of wonder and awe that vibrated through Lance's system when he discerned in the wording on the belt: "I journey whither I cannot see.
— from True, and Other Stories by George Parsons Lathrop

Think of my joy when I could see and feel his own dear face, all clammy though it was with the dungeon damps from below!
— from A Likely Story by William De Morgan

On November 24, 1936 Mrs. Camilla Jackson was interviewed concerning superstitions, signs, etc.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration