You think Miss Rachel is not to be believed on her word; and you say we shall hear of the Moonstone again.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

“And you know my rule: I never give posts through patronage.”
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

But in things wherein I stand in need of nothing but judgment, other men’s reasons may serve to fortify my own, but have little power to dissuade me; I hear them all with civility and patience; but, to my recollection, I never made use of any but my own.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Mrs. Rachael, I needn't inform you who were acquainted with the late Miss Barbary's affairs, that her means die with her and that this young lady, now her aunt is dead—" "My aunt, sir!"
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

As I must likewise say a few words respecting my nature and my temperament, I premise that the most indulgent of my readers is not likely to be the most dishonest or the least gifted with intelligence.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

The influence of ancestry, however, is important in helping forward any individual or race, if too much reliance is not placed upon it.
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington

“The name Cherbuliez selected, Miss Revel, is no more like an English name than like a Turkish name.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

the father cried; 'The thing is surely quite absurd; My son with ease had kill'd the bird.' 'The how of it,' the man replied, 'Is not my province to decide; I know I saw your son arise, Borne through, the air before my eyes.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

My slender works--which name, well known To nations, and to ancient Time, All France delights to own; Herself more rich in names sublime Than any other earthly clime;-- Permit me here the world to teach That you have given my simple rhyme
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

With this permission Sancho said to the peasants who stood clustered round him, waiting with open mouths for the decision to come from his, "Brothers, what the fat man requires is not in reason, nor has it a shadow of justice in it; because, if it be true, as they say, that the challenged may choose the weapons, the other has no right to choose such as will prevent and keep him from winning.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

—1. Bathe the parts affected with water in which potatoes have been boiled, as hot as can be borne, just before going to bed; by morning it will be much relieved, if not removed.
— from Barkham Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Barkham Burroughs

The Rainbow, alas! where once law officers chopped and learned leaders absorbed the midday refresher, is now mainly a wine-bar—the daily resort of the Guppys, the Joblings, and the Smallweeds of the profession.
— from Bohemian Days in Fleet Street by William Mackay

My rooms in Nottingham Place given up (first and second floors let to Vs.).
— from The Life of Sophia Jex-Blake by Graham Travers

The soiling of the cocoon by a fluid, however, we may remark, is no proof of the acid; for all moths and butterflies discharge a fluid when they assume wings, whether they be inclosed in a cocoon or not; but it gives no little plausibility to the opinion, that “the end of the cocoon is observed to be wetted for an hour, and sometimes several hours, before the moth makes its way out.”
— from Insect Architecture by James Rennie

Barrios, Mrs., residence in New York, 87 .
— from The Capitals of Spanish America by William Eleroy Curtis

Moreover, the organization, which in many respects is necessarily a skeleton, will furnish a guide for future development.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

To improve matters recourse is now had to TONING.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 by Various

My fear has been that they were too subjective, to use the metaphysician's term,—that I have seen myself reflected in Nature, and not the true aspects of Nature as she was meant to be understood.
— from A Mortal Antipathy by Oliver Wendell Holmes