Expetuntur divitiæ ad perficiendas voluptates —Riches are coveted to minister to our pleasures.
— 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.

And Antigonus, of Carystus, in his account of Pyrrho, mentions the following circumstances respecting him; that he was originally a person of no reputation, but a poor man, and a painter; and that a picture of some camp-bearers, of very moderate execution, was preserved in the Gymnasium at Elis, which was his work; and that he used to walk out into the fields and seek solitary places, very rarely appearing to his family at home; and that he did this in consequence of having heard some Indian reproaching Anaxarchus for never [403] teaching any one else any good, but for devoting all his time to paying court to princes in palaces.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

Alexander sent Xenocrates the philosopher fifty talents, because he was poor, visu rerum, aut eruditione praestantes viri, mensis olim regum adhibiti , as Philostratus relates of Adrian and Lampridius of Alexander Severus: famous clerks came to these princes' courts, velut in Lycaeum , as to a university, and were admitted to their tables, quasi divum epulis accumbentes ; Archilaus, that Macedonian king, would not willingly sup without Euripides, (amongst the rest he drank to him at supper one night, and gave him a cup of gold for his pains) delectatus poetae suavi sermone ; and it was fit it should be so; because as [2061]
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

One system insisted on the primitive Vedic ritual, and another laid emphasis on the belief in a Universal Soul first inculcated in the Upanishads.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

XV Miss Crawford accepted the part very readily; and soon after Miss Bertram's return from the Parsonage, Mr. Rushworth arrived, and another character was consequently cast.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

We may from hence understand the reason of the prohibition given to some of the early proselytes to Christianity, that they should no more [885] ad petras vota reddere: and by the same light we may possibly explain that passage in Homer, where he speaks of persons entering into compacts under oaks, and rocks, as places of [886] security.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

It might be called poetry that had become per vasively representative, and was altogether faithful to its rational function.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

OF THE FAMOUS ADVENTURE OF THE ENCHANTED BARK By stages as already described or left undescribed, two days after quitting the grove Don Quixote and Sancho reached the river Ebro, and the sight of it was a great delight to Don Quixote as he contemplated and gazed upon the charms of its banks, the clearness of its stream, the gentleness of its current and the abundance of its crystal waters; and the pleasant view revived a thousand tender thoughts in his mind.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

The heat of human sympathy seemed to bring out her powerful vitality, rustling all over with laces and flowers.
— from The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Volume 2 of 2) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Under this joint resolution, the Commission has been given authority to promulgate various rules and regulations.
— from Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

As Patty had promised, she gave the first dance to Philip Van Reypen; and after that she was fairly besieged by would-be partners.
— from Patty's Social Season by Carolyn Wells

Possession, vested rights; and anyone 'agin' 'em—outcast! 'Thank Heaven!'
— from The Forsyte Saga, Volume II. Indian Summer of a Forsyte In Chancery by John Galsworthy

The boys fell in with the plan very readily, and so it was decided that the next morning they would start early.
— from Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator by J. W. Duffield

[126] The Persian Vendīdad represents a continual interchange between the waters of the earth and sky.
— from Persian Literature, Ancient and Modern by Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Armstrong) Reed

The development of this worm proceeds very rapidly, and it only requires three or four weeks to attain many feet in length.
— from Animal Parasites and Messmates by P. J. van (Pierre Joseph) Beneden

He had the Queen and Prince very richly and piously entombed; and from that time repaired daily to the tomb to bewail his loss.
— from Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Henry Norman Hudson

“Y a milla nit Pariguero vos regina— A un Deo infinit— Dintra una establina.
— from The History of Saint Augustine, Florida by William W. (William Whitwell) Dewhurst