The abbot, who slept not, nay, whose thoughts were ardently occupied with his new desires, heard what passed between Alessandro and the host and noted where the former laid himself to sleep, and well pleased with this, began to say in himself, 'God hath sent an occasion unto my desires; an I take it not, it may be long ere the like recur to me.'
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

No; it must be left entirely to your discretion.
— from The Fortunes of the Farrells by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.