"My poor Utterson," said he, "you are unfortunate in such a client.
— from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

“My poor Utterson,” said he, “you are unfortunate in such a client.
— from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Funny how you don't think about other people until something hurts you.
— from Dead World by Jack Douglas

Indeed, there are many English words which, though not taken in a positively unfavourable sense, have yet a tendency that way—which require qualifying, if we wish them to be understood favourably.
— from A Book About Words by G. F. (George Frederick) Graham