Et vox et ratio —Both my language and my sentiments differ widely from theirs.
— 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.

But to-day we were to have dashed away at a very extraordinary rate, by dining out, had it not so happened that we did not go.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne by Jane Austen

This is by far a superior method to using the often rank and adulterated “vanilla extract” readily bottled.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

Thus wailing, slow and sadly she descends, On either band a damsel train attends: Full where the dome its shining valves expands, Radiant before the gazing peers she stands; A veil translucent o'er her brow display'd, Her beauty seems, and only seems, to shade: Sudden she lightens in their dazzled eyes, And sudden flames in every bosom rise; They send their eager souls with every look.
— from The Odyssey by Homer

And as M. V. Egger remarks, "before speaking, one barely knows what one intends to say, but afterwards one is filled with admiration and surprise at having said and thought it so well."
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

He spoke to them in a very quiet and kind manner, and made many very excellent remarks, but all to no purpose; and when they found that Cortes persevered in his determination, they desired one of the royal secretaries to draw up a formal protest, in which they gave a circumstantial account of our present position, how we were in want of horses, muskets, crossbows, and even cords for the latter; in short, of everything necessary to carry on a war.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

Una victoriam eripuit ratibus binis.
— from The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by J. F. (Joseph Florimond) Loubat

All this, of course, was very elementary reasoning; because there were a thousand places in which a tramp might have concealed himself, out of the main road.
— from The Tree of Knowledge: A Novel by Reynolds, Baillie, Mrs.

The anthropologist, however, easily divides mankind by means of several broad classifications, A few distinct variations, easily recognizable by the anthropological expert, put every one of the billion and one-half people on the face of the earth in his particular class.
— from Analyzing Character The New Science of Judging Men; Misfits in Business, the Home and Social Life by Arthur Newcomb

A brown teapot full of strong tea, a plate of French rolls, a pat of fresh butter, and a broiled haddock, do not compose a very epicurean repast; but Mary Marchmont looked at the humble breakfast as a prospective success.
— from John Marchmont's Legacy, Volume 1 (of 3) by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

All the platinum metals are very easily reduced by ignition and by the action of various reducing agents, in which process oxygen, or a haloid group, is disengaged from their compounds and the metal left behind.
— from The Principles of Chemistry, Volume II by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev

" It was not a very enthusiastic response, but it satisfied him.
— from Dora Thorne by Charlotte M. Brame

Economic aid - recipient: $74 million (2000) Currency (code): bolivar (VEB) Currency code: VEB Exchange rates: bolivares per US dollar - 2,147 (2006), 2,089.8 (2005), 1,891.3 (2004), 1,607 (2003), 1,161 (2002)
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The body of the great naval commander Sir Cloudesley Shovel, who was shipwrecked on the rocks of Scilly in 1707, was washed on shore, when some fishermen, it is said, having stolen a valuable emerald ring, buried the corpse.
— from Finger-Ring Lore: Historical, Legendary, Anecdotal by Jones, William, F.S.A.