In assisting the lady to ascend into the wagon, the best and safest way is to tie the horse firmly to a hitching-post or tree, and then to give to your companion the aid of both your hands; but, in case of there being no post to which you can make the rein fast, the following rule may be adopted: Grasp the reins firmly with one hand, and draw them just tight enough to let the horse feel that they are held, and with the other hand assist the lady; under no circumstances, even with the most quiet horse, should you place a lady in your vehicle without any hold on the horse, for, although many horses would stand perfectly quiet, the whole race of them are timid, and any {164} sudden noise or motion may start them, in which case the life of your companion may be endangered.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

Add to this, that riches and power alone, even though unemployed, naturally cause esteem and respect: And consequently these passions arise not from the idea of any beautiful or agreeable objects.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

But time, in its immemorial rudeness, dealt us no courteous extensions.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

On which account he says some where: And ’twill be needful for you well to know, The fearless heart of all-convincing truth: Also the opinions, though less sure, of men, Which rest upon no certain evidence.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

[“We each of us suffer our own particular demon.”—AEneid, vi. 743.] “Sic est faciendum, ut contra naturam universam nihil contendamus; ea tamen conservata propriam sequamur.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Now we compare the stretching out of these processes with the radiation of libido to the objects, while the central mass of libido can remain in the ego, and we assume that under normal conditions ego-libido can be changed into object-libido, and this can again be taken up into the ego, without any trouble.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

Dii boni, quid hoc est, adeone homines mutari ex amore, ut non cognoscas eundem esse!
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

For man's everyday needs, it would have been quite enough to have the ordinary human consciousness, that is, half or a quarter of the amount which falls to the lot of a cultivated man of our unhappy nineteenth century, especially one who has the fatal ill-luck to inhabit Petersburg, the most theoretical and intentional town on the whole terrestrial globe.
— from White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

For Hugo Grotius, Puffendorf, Vattel and others—Job’s comforters, all of them—are always quoted in good faith to justify an attack, although their codes, whether couched in philosophical or diplomatic terms, have not—nor can have—the slightest legal force, because states, as such, are under no common external authority; and there is no instance of a state having ever [p. 132] been moved by argument to desist from its purpose, even when this was backed up by the testimony of such great men.
— from Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essay by Immanuel Kant

Chaque semaine, une nouvelle complète est envoyée par e-mail aux abonnés de la lettre.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Average daily temperature (Fahrenheit) Period of incubation (Days) Number of clutches Number of eggs Remarks Mean Range 91 59 56-64 6 24 Wide daily fluctuations in temperature 82 70 67-73 4 21 Wide daily fluctuations in temperature 75 125 124-127 2 4 Temperature thermostatically controlled Sixty-five days seems to be a realistic estimate of a typical incu [Pg 562] bation period under natural conditions; eggs laid in mid-June would hatch by mid-August.
— from Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler

The united Norman colony elected twelve chiefs or counts of equal authority; and henceforth they thought only of consolidating their ascendency over the effete races which had hitherto pretended to employ their arms.
— from Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III by John Addington Symonds

My views have undergone no change, except that the evidence of that truth constantly increases, and the dogmas of the church look, if possible, a little absurder every day.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 08 (of 12) Dresden Edition—Interviews by Robert Green Ingersoll

The Government plant used Nelson cells, each with a capacity of 60 pounds of chlorine and 65 pounds of caustic soda per 24 hours.
— from America's Munitions 1917-1918 by Benedict Crowell

Thus it appears that the satirist advised rightly, when he directed us to resign ourselves to the hands of Heaven, and to leave to superior powers the determination of our lot: Permittes ipsis expendere Numinibus, quid Conveniat nobis, rebusque sit utile nostris:— Carior est illis homo quam sibi.
— from The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler by Samuel Johnson

"There are Eleanor and Clarence waiting for us now," cried Edith, as she and Miss Green, who was carrying the tea-basket, crossed the gardens.
— from Our Little English Cousin by Blanche McManus

Since that period the party has undergone no change, either in its organization, its principles, or the general political dispositions of the individuals of which it has been composed.
— from Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States by Martin Van Buren

[pg 177] "By the light of burning heretics Christ's bleeding feet I track, Toiling up new Calvaries ever with the cross that turns not back, And these mounts of anguish number how each generation learned One new word of that grand Credo which in prophet-hearts hath burned Since the first man stood God-conquered with his face to heaven upturned. ”
— from The Social Principles of Jesus by Walter Rauschenbusch

cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister in consultation with the president elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term) under new constitution; election last held on 25 February 2007 (next to be held in 2012); prime minister appointed by the president election results: Abdoulaye WADE reelected president in the first round of voting; percent of vote - Abdoulaye WADE 55.9%, Idrissa SECK 14.9%, Ousmane Tanor DIENG 13.6%, Moustapha NIASSE 5.9%, other 9.7% Serbia chief of state:
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Legal system: based on French civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts in Constitutional Court; the Council of State audits the government's accounting office; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Executive branch: chief of state: President Abdoulaye WADE (since 1 April 2000) head of government: Prime Minister Soulayemane Ndene NDIAYE (since 1 May 2009) cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister in consultation with the president elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term) under new constitution; election last held on 25 February 2007 (next to be held in 2012); prime minister appointed by the president election results: Abdoulaye WADE reelected president;
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency