Early stages resemble one another, so also do later stages; equivalent stages of closely allied species resemble one another, and older stages of lower animals resemble younger stages of 349 higher animals; young stages are more alike than old stages....
— from Form and Function: A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

Poets may sing of love, and romantic youths may dream they realize the soft delusion; strong hearts may swear they break and wither away with unrequited passion, and keen brains may be turned by the maddening glances of woman's eyes; but
— from Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 by Various

She dipped and danced irresolutely for a moment when first she was launched upon her new voyage, then spread her sails to the wind and scudded off like a racing yacht.
— from The Island of Appledore by Cornelia Meigs

Never was there an idea so often lost and recovered, yet so absolutely unchanged: a sublime but occasional visitant of the human mind, assuring us of the perpetual oneness of our own nature, as well as the Divine.
— from Studies of Christianity; Or, Timely Thoughts for Religious Thinkers by James Martineau

If, when you set off like a rocket, you can keep going like a rocket, brilliant and beautiful, it will be a very good thing to do.
— from Letters of Peregrine Pickle by George P. (George Putnam) Upton

Reserve your oratorical powers for the tribune which you are sure to reach sooner or later, and resign yourself to-day to talking like a man of tact and common sense.
— from Pride: One of the Seven Cardinal Sins by Eugène Sue

Never was there an idea so often lost and recovered, yet so absolutely unchanged: a sublime, but occasional visitant of the human mind, assuring us of the perpetual oneness of our own nature, as well as the Divine.
— from Unitarianism Defended A Series of Lectures by Three Protestant Dissenting Ministers of Liverpool by John Hamilton Thom