That may be applied to me, who am but a Squire of Clubs, which was said of Charillus, king of Sparta: “He cannot be good, seeing he is not evil even to the wicked.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

To Him we owe the service which is called in Greek λατρεία, whether we render it outwardly or inwardly; for we are all His temple, each of us severally and all of us together, because He condescends to inhabit each individually and the whole harmonious body, being no greater in all than in each, since He is neither expanded nor divided.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

They every instant impress upon his mind the notion that it is the duty, as well as the interest of men, to make themselves useful to their fellow-creatures; and as he sees no particular ground of animosity to them, since he is never either their master or their slave, his heart readily leans to the side of kindness.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

All his immense strength, his intense nervous energy, his keen analytic perceptions, were oriented in one direction, and he could not change it.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

The Turks enjoin all men whatsoever, of what degree, to be of some trade or other, the Grand Signior himself is not excused.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

This statement, however, is not entirely correct.
— from Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait by Peter Lauridsen

Mill, speaking of what may rightly be demanded of a theorist, says: "He is not entitled to frame a theory from one class of phenomena, extend it to another class which it does not fit, and excuse himself by saying that if we cannot make it fit, it is because ultimate facts are inexplicable."
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

A neighbor, not being an ally or an associate, since he is never engaged in any common undertaking for joint benefit, is therefore only a rival.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

Men would not have found the means of independent life; they would simply have invented (no easy task) a new dress for servitude.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Whoever fails to think the same way is no scientist, he is not even a man of sound reason: because “ he who has grasped even the elements of natural science, the unity and strict conformity to law of the natural forces, and has a head for sound reasoning, will become a monist all by himself, while the rest are past help, anyhow. ”
— from The Freedom of Science by Josef Donat

Moreover, the only-begotten Son himself is nothing else than the idea of humanity, than man preoccupied with himself, man hiding from himself and the world in God,—the heavenly man.
— from The Essence of Christianity Translated from the second German edition by Ludwig Feuerbach

The man is producing the contrary effect to what he supposes, he is not effecting what he is intending; here is a strange kind of failure or ignorance.
— from History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by A. G. K. (Alfred Guy Kingan) L'Estrange

If so, he is not entitled to conclude that they will combine to destroy the power of the people merely because their interests may be at variance with those of the people.
— from Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays; Vol. 2 With a Memoir and Index by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Men may have their opinions as to his genius or his courage, his politics or his generalship; they may think he is too slow or too cautious, or they may say he is not equal to great emergencies; but of his ability to organize an army there is a concurrent opinion in his favor.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

During all the months that Claude had been with his cousin, living under the same roof with him, and seeing him in no end of scrapes with wild horses and wilder cattle, he had never seen him exhibit so much spirit before.
— from Carl the Trailer by Harry Castlemon

"By an unfortunate fatality," said he, "in nearly every (p. 077) kind of art the most skilful workmen, as well as the richest merchants, belong to the pretended reformed religion."
— from The Huguenots in France by Samuel Smiles

The segmentation, however, is not equal, for it results in the formation of cells of two distinct types, one larger and less numerous than the other.
— from Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Nelson Annandale