Quotations from John L. Motley Works

"Beautiful Thoughts"

A Commonplace Book of Thoughts, Memories, and Fancies. 2nd ed.

A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations Consisting of Choice Passages from the Sacred Poetry of All Ages and Countries, Classified and Arranged, for Facility of Reference, Under Subject Headings; Illustrated by Striking Passages from Scripture, and Forming Altogether a Complete Book of Devotional Poetry.

Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources

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

Familiar Quotations

Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

Geflügelte Worte: Der Citatenschatz des deutschen Volkes

Hospital Sketches

L'esprit dans l'histoire: Recherches et curiosités sur les mots historiques

Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order