And not only by exhorting, or by his readiness to praise the deserving or by rewarding and punishing severely and inexorably, does he win them over to this and coerce them; but far rather does he show that he is himself what he would have them be, since he refrains from all pleasure, and as for money desires it not at all, much or little, nor robs his subjects of it; and since he abhors indolence he allows little time for sleep, For in truth no one who is asleep is good for anything, 423 nor if, when awake he resembles those who are asleep.
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1 by Emperor of Rome Julian

The ultimate cause of this is undoubtedly to be found in innate, and therefore unalterable, physical constitution, especially in the more or less normal relation of a man's sensitiveness to his muscular and vital energy.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life by Arthur Schopenhauer

So that such men as are poor may justly be discontent, melancholy, and complain of their present misery, and all may pray with [2312] Solomon, Give me, O Lord, neither riches nor poverty; feed me with food convenient for me. SUBSECT.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

To all these varied forms of animal life fleas, and other insects, are therefore more or less nearly related.
— from The Flea by Harold Russell

It is perhaps without a parallel in history, that when the general summoned his soldiers to follow him into the civil war, with the single exception already mentioned of Labienus, no Roman officer and no Roman soldier deserted him.
— from The History of Rome, Book V The Establishment of the Military Monarchy by Theodor Mommsen

A great many among them were Irishmen, a few Scotchmen; in short, almost every nation was more or less numerously represented.
— from South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 4 (of 8) From Lord Roberts' Entry into the Free State to the Battle of Karree by Louis Creswicke

He had repented that short, poignantly sweet moment of last night, repudiated all that it implied.
— from The Vision of Desire by Margaret Pedler

More or less, not rolled, which, yes, usually they is, the mattress and sheets are all just throwed, one of them about halfway, it would be just throwed about halfway.
— from Warren Commission (06 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

The wearing of armour, particularly mail, on land, necessitated riding, and the northern rovers, finding the weight intolerable on their inland forays, took to horse whenever possible, harrying by this means an extent of country otherwise almost inaccessible.
— from Armour in England, from the Earliest Times to the Reign of James the First by John Starkie Gardner

Even the best minds often leave no record of their happiest moments, while they become garrulous over what displeases them.
— from By the Christmas Fire by Samuel McChord Crothers