For who is there, but you?—who not only claim to be a good man and a gentleman, for many are this, and yet have not the power of making others good—whereas you are not only good yourself, but also the cause of goodness in others.
— from Protagoras by Plato

" There was absolute silence for several minutes, and then a young noble arose, and with his drawn sword held high above his head addressed Tardos Mors.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Michael Angelo to a young sculptor.
— 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.

"The rest, Princess, you know; and it only remains for me to thank you for the kindness you have shown me, and to assure you of my gratitude.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

The month passed, but the ship came not; then a month and a week, two weeks, three weeks, two months, and then a year.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

Mr. Gore was a grave man, and, though a young man, he indulged in no jokes, said no funny words, seldom smiled.
— from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass

There are miners among them, and young hacendados , and rancheros , and vaqueros , and ciboleros , and young merchants who ride well.
— from The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico by Mayne Reid

“It was rather unwise––foolish––harbouring such a man as that; and your father from home.”
— from The Spoilers of the Valley by Robert Watson

Although we ought to be extremely cautious, as shewn in my work on 'Variation under Domestication,' in concluding that any character, even with animals kept by semi-civilised people, has not been subjected to selection by man, and thus augmented, yet in the cases just specified this is improbable; more especially as the characters are confined to the males, or are more strongly developed in them than in the females.
— from The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin

Now I cannot spare you the bitter alternative; you can only belong to one of us, and must shun the other; you must accept that as your fate."
— from The Northern Light by E. Werner

But as you would be resolved, as I may say, on life, if you gave way to such a thought; and as I have so much interest in your recovery; I cannot forbear showing this regard to myself; and to ask you, If you cannot get over your just resentments?—
— from Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 by Samuel Richardson

We might have had enough, enough For every want of ours, For luxury, medicine and toil, And yet have had no flowers.
— from The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems by Various

Pray, lessen the anxiety of Harriet, which an unmerited affection for me betrays her into, by telling her that I am getting better, and excuse the want of turn to the conclusion of my letter in the want of paper; and allow me abruptly to assure you that, I am, dear Madam, Yours most faithfully, HENRY COOPER.”
— from A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father by William Cooper

“I am your mother, sir, and I assert my right to question you on such a matter as this, as your poor father would have questioned you.
— from The Star-Gazers by George Manville Fenn

Pitt made up his mind also that a young British officer named Wolfe was the right man to place in command of the British army, to capture the Canadian fortress.
— from Hero Tales from History by Smith Burnham

I wonder you know so much about them, and you never married."
— from A Daughter of the Dons: A Story of New Mexico Today by William MacLeod Raine