Invidus, iracundus, iners, vinosus, amator, / Nemo adeo ferus est, ut non mitescere possit, / Si modo culturæ patientem commodet aurem —The envious, the passionate, the indolent, the drunken, the lewd—none is so savage that he cannot be tamed, if he only lend a patient ear to culture.
— 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.

Mein Ruh' ist hin, / Mein Herz ist schwer; / Ich finde sie nimmer / Und nimmermehr —My peace is gone; my heart is heavy; I shall find it (peace) never and nevermore.
— 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.

Maxima tamen pars incolumis Veios perfugit, unde non modo praesidii quicquam, sed ne nuntius quidem cladis Romam est missus.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

322 now master up, now miss Pope borrowed this telling phrase from a pamphlet against Hervey written by Pulteney, a political opponent, in which the former is called "a pretty little master-miss."
— from The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems by Alexander Pope

Nagpasatyimpu lang kug bása ug nubíla, My pastime is reading novels.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

uwídu n music played by ear.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Dì ka mubanghag ug náay magsulti, panábì, Don’t join in a conversation suddenly.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam wi' furious ettle; But little wist she Maggie's mettle!
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

Llámome Jaime Olot—respondió el hombre misterioso. —¡Su habla de usted no me parece de esta tierra!...—¿Es usted inglés?
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

If, as years go on, we can feel the beauty of the world as Wordsworth felt it and get from it "Authentic tidings of invisible things, Of ebb and flow and ever during power, And central peace subsisting at the heart Of endless agitation," then we have, indeed, a recreation which will give us, not merely pleasure, but strength, refreshment, and confidence.
— from Recreation by Viscount Grey of Fallodon, K.G. by Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, Viscount

Yet loathing any way to give it act, But in the noblest and most manly course, 90 If th'Earle dares take it, he resolves to send A challenge to him, and my selfe must beare it; To which deliverie I can use no meanes, [Pg 176]
— from Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois by George Chapman

How long, one of the fancy will linger—“ patiens pulveris atque solis ” for the luxury of looking upon nothing more picturesque than the iron bars of a murderer’s cell!
— from Dealings with the Dead, Volume 2 (of 2) by Lucius M. (Lucius Manlius) Sargent

"Weighed in the balance here, nor wanting found; Tried in the fire, triumphant from the test; Though wrung their hearts, their finest feelings ground, Betwixt life's upper, nether, millstones prest, Till proved, of good and brave, the bravest, best.
— from Elias: An Epic of the Ages by Orson F. (Orson Ferguson) Whitney

Fatigued during my youth by the most arduous struggles, not only to obtain independence, but to render myself useful, not merely pleasure, for which I had the most lively taste, I mean the simple pleasures that flow from passion and affection, escaped me, but the most melancholy views of life were impressed by a disappointed heart on my mind.
— from The Love Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft to Gilbert Imlay by Mary Wollstonecraft

"The streets narrow and ugly, not many people, few handsome houses.
— from A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Henry Dwight Sedgwick

Now do thy speedy utmost Meg, And win the key-stane of the brig; [175] There at them thou thy tail may toss, A running stream they dare na cross, But ere the key-stane she could make, The fient [176] a tale she had to shake, For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie pressed, And flew at Tam wi' furious ettle; [177] But little wist she Maggie's mettle— Ae spring brought aff her master hale, [178] But left behind her ain gray tail; The carlin [179] claught
— from From Chaucer to Tennyson With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

"But," I says, "he's laid up now, mum, 'Pears to weaken every day."
— from The Canadian Elocutionist Designed for the Use of Colleges, Schools and Self Instruction, Together with a Copious Selection in Prose and Poetry of Pieces Adapted for Reading, Recitation and Practice by Anna K. (Anna Kelsey) Howard