The wise man, even destitute of riches, enjoyeth elevated and very honourable stations; whilst the wretch, endowed with wealth, acquireth the post of disgrace.
— 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.

For as every disorder or perturbation is a motion of the mind, either devoid of reason, or in despite of reason, or in disobedience to reason, and as that motion is excited by an opinion of either good or evil; these four perturbations are divided equally into two parts: for two of them proceed from an opinion of good, one of which is an exulting pleasure, that is to say, a joy elated beyond measure, arising from an opinion of some present great good; the other is a desire which may fairly be called even a lust, and is an immoderate inclination after some conceived great good without any obedience to reason.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

The laws of Hungary, like those of some other countries I could name, afford so many subterfuges for the purposes of perfidy and fraud, that it is no wonder our youth began to complain of the slow progress of his affair; especially as he glowed with the most eager desire of redressing the grievances of his parent and sister, whose sufferings he did not doubt were doubled since the institution of his process against their tormentor.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Captain John married Margaret, eldest daughter of Roderick Mackenzie, tacksman of Tighnafaoilin, by his wife, Barbara, daughter of Alexander Mackenzie, I. of Ardloch (sasine 1770), fourth son of Sir John Mackenzie, first Baronet of Tarbat, by his wife.
— from History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name by Alexander Mackenzie

The Greek philosophers had evolved a rational plan of life, while the Jewish teachers were impregnated with burning ardor for the living God; and Philo brings the two things together, making ethics dependent on religion.
— from Philo-Judæus of Alexandria by Norman Bentwich

It creates nothing, but it may enlarge, diminish or recombine ideas with an infinity of form.
— from Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10: The Guide by Charles Herbert Sylvester

Till Christ came, no man ever dreamt of rejoicing alway, praying without ceasing, and giving thanks in everything.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Epistles to the Thessalonians by James Denney

They are much more easily driven on rainy days than on fair ones.
— from Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 by Nathaniel Hawthorne

He was a natural son of Colin Cam, XI. of Kintail, by Mary, eldest daughter of Roderick Mackenzie, II. of Davochmaluag, by his wife, Ann, daughter of Donald Gorm Macdonald. VII. of Sleat.
— from History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name by Alexander Mackenzie

The huts are generally built of the stalks of huge thistles, and are sometimes mere enclosures, destitute of roofs.
— from The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston

From Dipodomys ordii ordii , D. o. oklahomae differs in: Size larger in all measurements taken; color lighter in all pigmented areas; ventral stripe of tail extending one fourth length of tail rather than to end; skull larger in all respects; rostrum heavier; zygomatic arches heavier; bullae more inflated ventrally; cutting edge of upper incisors wider; pterygoid fossae larger; braincase more vaulted; nasals more expanded distally; orbital region larger; interparietal region wider.
— from Subspeciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii KU. Vol 1 No 23 by Henry W. Setzer

Mémoires et documents originaux recuillis et publiés par Pierre Margry.
— from Picture-Writing of the American Indians Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1888-89, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1893, pages 3-822 by Garrick Mallery

As a result, portions of them may escape digestion or remain in the digestive tract for some time and decompose.
— from Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences