But where every citizen had the spirit of a soldier, a smaller standing army would surely be requisite.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

In their spiritual history men may have had times of great humbling and brokenness, but what a different thing this is from being clothed with humility, from having an humble spirit, from having that lowliness of mind in which each counts himself the servant of others, and so shows forth the very mind which was also in Jesus Christ.
— from Humility: The Beauty of Holiness by Andrew Murray

" But Charles Tyrrell loved, and though he would have given worlds that Lucy Effingham had never felt one feeling of attachment to another; though he knew, if he would have owned it, that her having done so would be a bitter drop in his cup through life, even if she accepted him willingly; though he could not have denied, if he had still gone on to question himself closely, that no signs of affection to himself, in after life would ever convince him that she loved him as fully, as truly, as entirely as if she had never loved another, yet Charles Tyrrell loved, and the hope of possessing Lucy Effingham was sufficient to make him stride over every objection.
— from Charles Tyrrell; or, The Bitter Blood. Volumes I and II by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

The following extracts are self-explanatory: The vast majority of women easily can have their sympathies drawn upon to help personal and public charities, while very few are capable of seeing that the cause of nine-tenths of all the misfortunes which come to women, and to men also, lies in the subjection of woman, and therefore the important thing is to lay the axe at the root.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

The aged king took the newly appointed King to the shrine of his foster father and made him swear that he would ever consider himself the son of that man rather than of his real father.
— from The History of Korea (vol. 2 of 2) by Homer B. (Homer Bezaleel) Hulbert

You heard what each culprit had to say in his defence, and I doubt not that you saw, as I did, that all were not equally guilty.
— from The Adventures of Dick Maitland: A Tale of Unknown Africa by Harry Collingwood

But nobody possessed of a spark of common sense, not to say religion or literature, would ever commit himself to such an utter imbecility as that.
— from Bunyan Characters (1st Series) by Alexander Whyte

To make use of a common Instance, let one who is born Blind take an Image in his Hands, and trace out with his Fingers the different Furrows and Impressions of the Chissel, and he will easily conceive how the Shape of a Man, or Beast, may be represented by it; but should he draw his Hand over a Picture, where all is smooth and uniform, he would never be able to imagine how the several Prominencies and Depressions of a human Body could be shewn on a plain Piece of Canvas, that has in it
— from The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 With Translations and Index for the Series by Steele, Richard, Sir

"Spoken with indignation, when people who are already well enough cannot hold themselves so, or be satisfied."— Kelly.
— from The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop