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- Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.
- W. S. Gilbert (1836 - 1911)
- He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.
- Samuel Foote (1720 - 1777)
- My mind to me a kingdom is,
Such present joys therein I find,
That it excels all other bliss. - Sir Edward Dyer
- We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.
- John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
- But far more numerous was the herd of such,
Who think too little and who talk too much. - John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
- Property has its duties as well as its rights.
- Thomas Brummond
- With affection beaming out of one eye, and calculation shining out of the other.
- Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)
- Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; take honour from me and my life is done.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
- History is philosophy teaching by example, and also warning; its two eyes are geography and chronology.
- James A. Garfield (1831 - 1881)
- For the sword outwears its sheath,
And the soul wears out the breast,
And the heart must pause for breath,
And love itself have rest. - Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)
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