The choice and master spirits of this age.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Julius Caesar. Act iii. Sc. 1.

What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice,

Of Attic taste?

John Milton (1608-1674): To Mr. Lawrence.

Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,

In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side;

Some great cause, God's new Messiah offering each the bloom or blight,

Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right;

And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.

James Russell Lowell (1819-1891): The Present Crisis.

There's small choice in rotten apples.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): The Taming of the Shrew. Act i. Sc. 1.

A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1.

Who does i' the wars more than his captain can

Becomes his captain's captain; and ambition,

The soldier's virtue, rather makes choice of loss,

Than gain which darkens him.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Antony and Cleopatra. Act iii. Sc. 1.

Choice word and measured phrase above the reach

Of ordinary men.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850): Resolution and Independence. Stanza 14.