A call may be made upon ladies in the morning or afternoon; but in this country, where almost every man has some business to occupy his day, the evening is the best time for paying calls.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

Hutdun ta mu ug latigu, I will whip every one of you.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

They say: The six years of war to which these islands have been subjected have naturally created a class of restless men utterly lacking in habits of industry, taught to live and prey upon the country for their support by the confiscation of food supplies as a war measure, and regarding the duties of a laborer as dull and impossible for one who has tasted the excitement of a guerrilla life.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

While we are searching far and near for some Aladdin's Lamp to give coveted fortune, there is ready at our hand if we will only reach out and take it, like the charm in Milton's Comus , "Unknown, and like esteemed, and the dull swain Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon;" the interesting, human, and vividly told story of one of the wisest and most useful lives in our own history, and perhaps in any history.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

Let us thank fortune, that has not made us live in an effeminate, idle, and languishing age; some who could never have been so by other means will be made famous by their misfortunes.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

[376] Certainly in a Utilitarian’s mind sympathy tends to become a prominent element of all instinctive moral feelings that refer to social [501] conduct; as in his view the rational basis of the moral impulse must ultimately lie in some pleasure won or pain saved for himself or for others; so that he never has to sacrifice himself to an Impersonal Law, but always for some being or beings with whom he has at least some degree of fellow-feeling.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

“Do not make us lose it, my friend.”
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

A more unhappy lady, If this division chance, ne'er stood between, Praying for both parts.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Of mean understandings, little inquisitive, and little instructed, are made good Christians, who by reverence and obedience simply believe and are constant in their belief.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

However, bearing in mind the fact that plenty of men can be had who combine four or five of these attributes, it becomes evident that the work of management should be so subdivided that the various positions can be filled by men of this caliber, and a great part of the art of management undoubtedly lies in planning the work in this way.
— from Shop Management by Frederick Winslow Taylor

Travelling southward by easy stages, they feed on the wild rice in the marshes until, late in August, enormous flocks reach the cultivated rice fields of South Carolina and Georgia.
— from Birds Every Child Should Know by Neltje Blanchan

"Come," said he, addressing the Duke of Bassano, "you have just heard—that means war from early in the morning until late in the evening."
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon by Various

Vessels which he did not need outside for battle he ordered burned, although such ships would usually be kept as reserves to make up losses in fighting.
— from A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens

The joiner and his comrades made merry until late into the night.
— from Grimm's Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Grimm

Whatever toils you take shall be rewarded in the arms of Sylvia ----by heaven, I am inspired to act wonders: yes, Sylvia , yes, my adorable maid, I am gone, I fly as swift as lightning, or the soft darts of love shot from thy charming eyes, and I can hardly stay to say----adieu---- To the Lady---- Dear Child , Long foreseeing the misery whereto you must arrive, by this fatal correspondence with my unhappy lord, I have often, with tears and prayers, implored you to decline so dangerous a passion: I have never yet acquainted our parents with your misfortunes, but I fear I must at last make use of their authority for the prevention of your ruin.
— from Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister by Aphra Behn

It is earnestly to be hoped that having done so much toward the cause of education, Congress will continue to develop the Library in every phase of research to the end that it may be not only one of the most magnificent but among the richest and most useful libraries in the world.
— from A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents by William McKinley

Finally, however, Cavour gave the word that the treaty might be signed in safety, and the King, his mind made up long in advance, set his name to the important document that was to send his army to foreign battle-fields.
— from Builders of United Italy by Rupert Sargent Holland

They moved upward, looking in the darknes
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Complete by Émile Zola

Do not make us lose it, my friend.”
— from The Secret of the Island by Jules Verne