“On the whole, then, it seems that I enjoy everything as much as you do, and—” “No, not everything; you don’t enjoy baccy, you know.—But please, sir, don’t go for to moralise; I can’t stand it.
— from Black Ivory by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

In truth, There is none that can know me as you do; and none To whom I more wish to believe myself known.
— from Lucile by Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, Earl of

You have but to summon one of the rascals, promise him a bit of war interest, and he will leave you as much as you desire, and nothing spoken."
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

Gentlemen, look upon me as your debtor, and not my father.
— from Evan Harrington — Volume 1 by George Meredith

You always have so many around you, dear: and no wonder, this is the centre of the house, this chair, which is your throne."
— from Harper's Round Table, January 21, 1896 by Various

"Nobody can drink as much as you do, and not be the worse for it.
— from The Gold Girl by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx