Love me, my bonny Marie, and never let your hand leave your bouquet.—N." In this letter, in which he has substituted tu for vous , there is more passion than we have seen since 1796.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

In reality, when you have once devoted your life to your enterprises, you are no longer the equal of other men, or, rather, other men are no longer your equals, and whosoever has taken this resolution, feels his strength and resources doubled.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

I have a maternal aunt named like yourself.”
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

But as to the affection which anyone may have for us, it is the first demand of duty that we do most for him who loves us most; but we should measure affection, not like youngsters, by the ardour of its passion, but rather by its strength and constancy.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“You mean you are not of my species; all well-made hands of men, and women too, are like mine and not like yours.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

"My powers of memory, Marian, are not like yours.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

“Colin’s no like you idle laddies; he has ower much to think of to laugh and make a noise, like you,” the mistress said with dignity, as she consoled the younger brothers, who were disappointed in Colin.
— from A Son of the Soil by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

His maiden aunts, no longer young, But learned ladies, Had lately sent him Songs Unsung , Epic of Hades , Gycia , and Gwen .
— from The Scarlet Gown: Being Verses by a St. Andrews Man by R. F. (Robert Fuller) Murray

He listened at a keyhole and heard all arrangements made, but—did not see who was closeted with me and never learned your identity until recently.
— from Dorothy by Evelyn Raymond

But we, Horse and I—we'll stay by you, Mulcahy, and never let you go.
— from Soldiers Three - Part 2 by Rudyard Kipling

Learn what they mean and never let your attention be drawn from them.
— from How to Become an Engineer by Frank W. Doughty

Never mind about not leaving your father and meaning never to marry.
— from The Delafield Affair by Florence Finch Kelly

I do wish you could get work in the office, so that you could keep regular hours and meals, and not lose your good looks; but there’s no berth of that sort.
— from Patience Sparhawk and Her Times: A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

But WE, Horse and I—we’ll stay by you, Mulcahy, and never let you go.
— from Life's Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People by Rudyard Kipling