The morality of a king is not to be measured 5 by vulgar rules.
— 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.

I know not what my body is, nor my senses, nor my soul, not even that part of me which thinks what I say, which reflects on all and on itself, and knows itself no more than the rest.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

From this region did the same Getae, Jat, or Yuti, issue, to the destruction of Bactria, two centuries before the Christian era, and also five subsequent thereto to found a kingdom in Northern India.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

—His coadjutor, Amir Khan, is now linked by treaties “in amity and unity of interests” 544 with the sovereigns of India; and though he has carried mourning into every house of Rajasthan, yet charity might hope forgiveness would be extended to him, could he cleanse himself from this deed of horror—‘throwing this pearl away, richer than all his tribe!’
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

A king is not to be believed when he brags of his constancy in standing the shock of the enemy for his glory, if for his profit and amendment he cannot stand the liberty of a friend’s advice, which has no other power but to pinch his ear, the remainder of its effect being still in his own hands.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

A kindness is never wasted.
— from The Aesop for Children With pictures by Milo Winter by Aesop

When he was gone, she thought she had seen the gleam of unshed tears in his eyes; and that turned her proud dislike into something different and kinder, if nearly as painful—self-reproach for having caused such mortification to any one.
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

" It was a common saying among the people, that Erling had been the most valiant who ever held lands under a king in Norway.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

What a bank can with propriety advance to a merchant or undertaker of any kind, is not either the whole capital with which he trades, or even any considerable part of that capital; but that part of it only which he would otherwise be obliged to keep by him unemployed and in ready money, for answering occasional demands.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

The love of the beautiful, wielding a keen intellect, needs furthermore rich material to mold, and only out of the poet’s individual resources can this be drawn.
— from Essays Æsthetical by George Henry Calvert

It was at his instigation, and invitation too, that the Queen herself paid a visit to her troops there; for, says his letter to her on this occasion, "If it may please your Majesty, your army being about London, as at Stratford, East Ham, Hackney, and the villages thereabout, shall be not only a defence, but a ready supply to Essex and Kent, if need be.
— from William Shakespeare as He Lived: An Historical Tale by Henry Curling

She caught the straining note of hope in that question of his—a hope founded upon vanity, the vanity to be king in fact, as well as king in name.
— from The Historical Nights' Entertainment: First Series by Rafael Sabatini

Made-up neckwear of any kind is not worn by well-groomed men.
— from The Complete Bachelor: Manners for Men by Walter Germain

If we reason on the situation, we will see that the line A k is not at right angles to the line s l ; and, consequently, the locking face of the entrance pallet E has not really the twelve-degree lock we are taught to believe it has.
— from Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology by Anonymous

One should remember, however, that much sugar of any kind is not good for children.
— from School and Home Cooking by Carlotta C. (Carlotta Cherryholmes) Greer

Of course, great discrimination and knowledge is needed, in order to select the kind, which is suitable to the particular disease, or to the particular constitution of the invalid.
— from A Treatise on Domestic Economy; For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Catharine Esther Beecher

‘Thank you, he has been much better this winter, and so useful and kind in nursing grandmamma!’
— from The Young Step-Mother; Or, A Chronicle of Mistakes by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

Tā in chònghō-tā and mīsō-tā gives definiteness and emphasis; so also kē in nē-kē , &c. Sārpō in kārlē sārpō means “big chief”: pō is a syllable added to give honour and dignity.
— from The Mikirs by Edward Stack