And my only reason for beating the bushes so, and not bringing it in earlier as a possible solution of our difficulties, has been that by this procedure I might perhaps force some of these materialistic minds to feel the more strongly the logical respectability of the spiritualistic position.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

If not, say so, for I wish to make things as pleasant as is consistent with my duty, and I've got another pair in my pocket.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

“I have given him what little money I had for him to escape by another road, whilst I, without a penny in my pocket, am endeavouring to reach a place of safety by this way.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

For my part, I must plead the privilege of a sceptic, and confess, that this difficulty is too hard for my understanding.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

At noon I went to Goudar’s without my sword, but with two good pistols in my pocket.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

“Nevertheless,” said Athos, “in your absence----” “Well, in my absence haven’t I put in my place Grimaud and the Scotchman?
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

well, our main duty, 311 , 53; well, no man's concern, 295 , 22 Loan , a double loss, 110 , 14 Lochaber no more, 102 , 23 Lock and key, a security, 168 , 39 Lodge , oh, for a, in some vast wilderness, 325 , 51 Loftiest of the race, the, characteristic of, 439 , 30; mortal, and his desires, 439 , 29 Logic as compared with ethics, 88 , 10 Logician , the best, 433 , 41 Loneliness , extreme of, 395 , 7; man's, inexplicable, 161 , 33; the best, 417 , 45 Longevity a sign of purity, 153 , 37 Longing , vain, 525 , 27-29, 31 Longwindedness , evil of, 237 , 31 Look on't again I dare not, 164 , 30 Looking , at the best side, habit of, 433 , 2; not therefore seeing, 2 , 38; not thinking, 333 , 31 Looks , others', significance of, 469 , 19 Loquacity , where to learn, 332 , 45 Lord , good, good animal, 184 , 12; great, service under, 393 , 4; sayings about the, 439 , 42-45; the, eyes of, 426 , 42; the, fear of, 487 , 32; the, no counsel against, 474 , 46; the, sure to come, 174 , 24; what He requires of us, 535 , 5; when to seek, 385 , 5 Lord's , blessings, on whom bestowed, 439 , 41; Prayer, Napoleon on, 72 , 46 Lordship , conquest, 155 , 31; jealous of fellowship, 253 , 45 Loss , first step to repair, 415 , 32; sometimes better than gain, 87 , 10; the smallest, not to be slighted, 394 , 3 Losses , accustomed, 52 , 41; and crosses, lessons from, 484 , 20; comparative, 128 , 23; 137 , 34; great and little, effect of, 350 , 30; relative value of, 151 , 38 Lost , all is not, 539 , 10; sought in every cranny but the right, 111 , 27; the, valued, 110 , 8 Lot , one's, matter of discontent, 318 , 8; our, how to estimate, 260 , 37; our, to be followed, 538 , 31; the, its disposal, 439 , 47 Louis XIV. , Boileau of, 337 , 4; kept waiting for his carriage, 209 , 33; of his wife, 233 , 1 Louis XVI. , Tilly on, 253 , 37 Lovable , the, and the ridiculous, congruity of, 105 , 8 Love , a contrast, 172 , 21; a cruel tyrant, 102 , 1; a dream, 247 , 18; a falling from, 549 , 32; as fulfilling the law, Professor Blackie on, 295 , 24; as our one debt, 340 , 28; a power divine, 314 , 32; as reconciler of things, 285 , 26; a rule of, 546 , 37; as seasoning, 504 , 25; a standard, 19 , 63; a warfare, 279 , 24; a wonderful, 486 , 4; accompaniment of, 27 , 24; all-comprehensiveness of, 256 , 12; all-hallowing, 74 , 37; always at first sight, 551 , 15; an impulse to help, 161 , 4; and admiration, 525 , 34; and ambition, wings, 258 , 6; and bickering, 482 , 24; and duty, inseparable, 474 , 3; and esteem, never sold, 214 , 14; and fear, connected, 471 , 31; and God, 189 , 58; and jealousy, 211 , 33, 34, 36 , 37, 40; 548 , 10; and labour, effect of, 127 , 16; and prudence, ill-matched pair, 359 , 19; and wisdom incompatible, 13 , 8; and reverence, objects respectively of, 110 , 21; as a bond, 124 , 9; as an educator, 492 , 51; as a gift of heaven, 477 , 48, as a present, 383 , 20; as a teacher, 320 , 19; as obligation, 506 , 13; ascetic, 120 , 27; at moment of parting, 487 , 18; at sight, 33 , 30; attended by memory, 479 , 25; attraction of, its law, 146 , 36; based on equality, 84 , 13; before rejection, 243 , 35; blessedness of unbroken, 104 , 17; blind, 25 , 9; burden of, 249 , 19; Christian, 257 , 2; common as light, 45 , 10; compared with admiration, 4 , 33; compared with friendship, 114 , 49; compared with hatred, 141 , 21; compared with passion, 65 , 21; compared with severity and justice, 285 , 13; composition of, 130 , 12; condition of, 556 , 29; contrasted with admiration, 63 , 54; cooling, effect of, 544 , 13, 14; courage in, 104 , 25; course of true, 109 , 19; credulous, 49 , 51; cruel power of, 183 , 54; daring of, 537 , 34; deep as the sea, 287 , 41; defined, 546 , 4; delight of, in tormenting, 17 , 36; described, 11 , 44; determining power of, 480 , 39; different kinds of, 34 , 43; direst disaster in, 476 , 27; disappointed, poison of, 218 , 27; discovery of estranged, 475 , 5; divine, described, 70 , 70; divine power of, 424 , 6; doubt of, 72 , 20, 27; early, yearning after, 320 , 18; educative power of, 222 , 11, 14; effect of, on man, 11 , 51; effect of absence on, 221 , 44; effect of different kinds of, 319 , 3; effect of, on life, 85 , 14; effect of looks on, 253 , 15; effect of, on a man's thinking, 543 , 15; effect of, on broken hearts, 498 , 8; effect of, on temper, 74 , 15; effect of time on, 487 , 18; effect on partisanship, 141 , 13; end of existence, 312 , 30; endures no tie, 108 , 34; enjoyed, 122 , 23; ennobling power of, 25 , 59; enslaving, 419 , 27; entire, a worship, 83 , 44; essential to intelligence, 202 , 31; everywhere, 190 , 20; evil of want of, 548 , 44; excess of, deprecated, 321 , 18; excessive, to be avoided, 15 , 48; excitement of, 187 , 52; expanding power of, 542 , 11; fate of, 568 , 40; first, alone infinite, 75 , 9; first consciousness of, 475 , 21; first, recurrence to, 331 , 2; first sigh of, 234 , 36; following or fleeing, 108 , 10; forced, 101 , 53; forced, not lasting, 112 , 7; genesis of, hard to date, 201 , 9; gifts of, 511 , 24; God's training of, 125 , 45; greatest miracle of, 432 , 24; happiness in, 242 , 5; heaven-revealing power of, 173 , 3; honoured, and why, 9 , 65; hope in, spite of reason, 311 , 42; hottest, 432 , 12; how kept out, 135 , 10; how to be won, 73 , 53; how to reap in, 175 , 20; idleness, 364 , 15; ignorant of, 144 , 15; impossible to conceal or express, 172 , 45; impossible to Mephistopheles, 86 , 38; indefinable by language, 399 , 35; indefinable to a true lover, 144 , 26; in man and in woman, 352 , 33; in the heart, a spur, 41 , 27; in the purest sense, 469 , 10; incompatible with dignity, 68 , 6; intelligence of, 116 , 23; invincible, 534 , 24; its coming and going, 222 , 15; killing joy, 384 , 39; lad's, saying about, 229 , 9; life, 488 , 15; magic power of, 440 , 13; master of all arts, 69 , 53; might of, 279 , 13; miraculous power of, 325 , 34; moderation in, commended, 31 , 58; money powerless to buy, 457 , 9; mystic art of, 326 , 5; no cure for, 271 , 33; no explaining, 527 , 19; no fear in, 472 , 37; no habitant {pg 617} of earth, 326 , 6; no, lost, 19 , 12; no, no true pain, 144 , 43; no reason for, 308 , 51; no retreat from, 537 , 8; no struggling against, 178 , 54; no, without love, 241 , 48; not binding lover, 172 , 41; not perfect in, 146 , 13; not the sole, or even chief object of any, 294 , 50; not to be scorned, 383 , 20; not to be spoken of with scorn, 296 , 66; of a father, 103 , 8; of God, no falling out of, 217 , 1; old and new, 489 , 11; old, changing, for new, 479 , 38; old-fashioned, dead, 330 , 2; one thing needful, 414 , 35; one's first, 88 , 23; only known to mother, 319 , 18; only victory over, 446 , 25; our first, 527 , 23; our, to others, 525 , 31; pain of, a mystery, 212 , 5; pain from, 72 , 32; pains of, 340 , 46; pangs in, many, 251 , 46; partiality of, 269 , 27; passion of, effect of, on the tongue, 545 , 27; perfect, sayings about, 346 , 2-4; power of, 64 , 11; 319 , 27; 325 , 34; 457 , 25; 525 , 20; 558 , 30; power of, on fools and clever people, 226 , 36; power of, over hatred, 141 , 17; power of, over sorrow, 86 , 34; power of, over the gods, 544 , 15; power of, in poet, 296 , 19; prevalency of, 524 , 19; principle of, 521 , 2; pure, might of, 360 , 7; rapture and pain of, 221 , 40; reconciling power of, 268 , 16; reflects thing beloved, 165 , 23; relieving power of, 27 , 29; risk of forswearing, 382 , 10; room enough everywhere for, 368 , 39; satisfying, 237 , 22; sayings about, 13 , 56-67; 14 , 3; 65 , 22-25; 187 , 50-53; 246 , 5-12; 494 , 13-16; season, the, 440 , 3; separated in life, 504 , 29; sigh of, 555 , 9; sorrowing after hope, 479 , 25; specific against, 37 , 31; strength of, 403 , 19; 404 , 10; successful, 405 , 41; sudden, 406 , 2; suppressing, 407 , 22; sympathy of, blessing in, 483 , 34; test of, 539 , 44; test of citizenship, 240 , 42; test of power of, 66 , 25; that can be reckoned, 478 , 1; that descends, 440 , 6; that lets itself be known, 479 , 12; the best, 482 , 46; the centre of, 78 , 13; the chaste blossom of, 391 , 37; the deceptive power of, 329 , 33; the double bliss in, 320 , 17; the faith of, 218 , 22; the fire of, not quenchable by words, 484 , 4; the first, 428 , 26; the first sigh of, 428 , 35; the heart's romance, 222 , 13; the hottest, 435 , 33; the key to vision, 265 , 7; the monstrosity in, 481 , 46; the offer or refusal of, 302 , 48; the only equaliser, 119 , 27; the point of, 427 , 3; the range of, 381 , 38; the rights of, 527 , 42; the true season of, 413 , 33; the truth about, 537 , 7; the universal sway of, 222 , 20; those who can animate, 335 , 20; thy, seek not to tell, 296 , 61; to be paid in love, 128 , 28; to be yielded to, 328 , 35; to doubt, 491 , 47; to God, condition of, 371 , 40; to project itself as an arrow, 47 , 52; to reason about, 367 , 49; transposing power of, 480 , 38; true, 413 , 34; 500 , 17-22; true, unconcealable, 80 , 14; true, course of, 422 , 1; true, ever the same, 54 , 8; true, not to be hid, 544 , 46; true, sweet, 408 , 25; typified by colour, 44 , 32; unconcealable, 290 , 31; universal, described, 507 , 36; unquenchable, 270 , 4; unquenchable by words, 63 , 43; unwisely directed, 528 , 17; versus wealth, 208 , 4; waywardness of, 106 , 4; who shuts out, 552 , 31; when deep, 83 , 57; when ripening, 377 , 25; when satisfied, 7 , 58; who alone obtain, 482 , 37; who hath, in his heart, 554 , 14; who knows, 552 , 8; wise in, advice to, 550 , 34; without esteem, 19 , 52 Love's young dream, 478 , 28 Love-letter , how to write good, 497 , 5 Loved , and lost, to have, 487 , 54; how to be wholly, 490 , 45; not lost, 176 , 3; not wisely, but too well, 400 ,
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

"It would be presumption in my part to think so," he observed.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

“It is that as I was cruelly bored, as you say, and as I had the seventy-five pistoles in my pocket which you had distributed to me, in order to amuse myself I invited a gentleman who was traveling this way to walk up, and proposed a cast of dice.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

The word sober , and its derivatives, do not confine themselves to matters of drink : they express steadiness, seriousness, carefulness, scrupulous propriety of conduct ; and they are thus used amongst country people in many parts of England.
— from Advice to Young Men And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject. by William Cobbett

Feeling relieved, for I did not want to come across acquaintances, I put The Prelude in my pocket and went out.
— from The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen by Elizabeth Von Arnim

Cleanliness and order in the house seemed, even while I was playing in it, to be my peculiar instinct, my peculiar object.
— from Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The very apologies and unintelligent proofs offered in its defence in a way confess its unreality, since they all strain to paint in more plausible colours what is felt to be in itself extravagant and incredible.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

"It is no more than a week ago, Mr. Asgill, since a number of persons in my presence assumed a badge so notoriously treasonable that a child could not doubt its meaning.
— from The Wild Geese by Stanley John Weyman

A pure Oriya casteman will not allow his son to marry his sister’s daughter, but this is permitted in most places by the Aruvas.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 1 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

It would indeed be a relief for me [Pg 293] could I follow this advice; but because I was born in times of war, and as a commander I have caused the death of many men, I should like to do penance in my prayers for my many sins, and hence I keep to my old habit.
— from An Artist's Letters from Japan by John La Farge

Putting my pride in my pocket I crept out and asked the woman to let me have five cents to telephone to a drug-store.
— from Four Years in the Underbrush: Adventures as a Working Woman in New York by Anonymous