Più sa il matto in casa sua che il savio in casa d'altri —The fool knows more in his own house than a wise man does in another's.
— 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.

In addition to regular broadcasts, material printed in Spanish and in German by the Fichte Bund with headquarters in Hamburg, Germany, is smuggled into Mexico in commercial shipments.
— from Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare by John L. (John Louis) Spivak

It might be a sin in me, I cannot say; my heart and my sense are gone dead within me.
— from Mrs. Gaskell by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

The mystery of Maria Consuelo’s birth and her relation to Spicca is most ingenious, continually suggesting a false trail to the reader, and its end surprising and satisfying him with its adequateness.
— from The Novel; what it is by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

In no case can a master or mistress require a slave to engage in any disreputable calling unless the purpose for which the sale is made is clearly set forth, in which event the cost is fully doubled.
— from Round the World by Andrew Carnegie

"See if mother is coming," she requested.
— from The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution by Alex. St. Clair (Alexander St. Clair) Abrams