Finding this, she was much perplexed as to Henchard's motives in opening the matter at all; for in such cases we attribute to an enemy a power of consistent action which we never find in ourselves or — Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge

$You pay by the hour, even if the job only takes five minutes. I don’t do fractions. — John Connolly, The Wolf in Winter$

Finding this, she was much perplexed as to Henchard's motives in opening the matter at all; for in such cases we attribute to an enemy a power of consistent action which we never find in ourselves or or in our friends...