Medical men must beware of pride, a pride which is certainly wide-spread and which leads to the disparagement of the practical doctor and medical layman, and then further to the disparagement of the craft of nature healers.
— from Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado by Various

In 1812, when thirty-three years of age, he married Miss Maria Branwell, of Penzance.
— from Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Clement King Shorter

In social intercourse, minds must meet before one person can be brought to another's mood or both to a middle ground; it is the friction of contact, that creates conversation.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

After all, there are so many mistakes made by other people that affect nobody but themselves that Don Quixote might tire of tilting at them.
— from The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) by Marion Harland

“I must make my breakfast of porridge then,” said the father; “but Betsy, girl, it’s new for thee to be lazy, my lass.”
— from Tell Me a Story by Mrs. Molesworth