In his life of inconstancies, it was a pleasure to rest upon something fixed, and the man who had no control over himself liked logically enough to feel his control of some one else.
"A Hazard of New Fortunes, Part Fifth"
William Dean Howells
A white moth of the night wandered into Rowan's face searching its features; then it flitted over to her and searched hers, its wings fanning and clinging to her lips; and then it passed on, pursuing amid mistakes and inconstancies its life-quest lasting through a few darknesses.
"The Mettle of the Pasture"
James Lane Allen
The difficulties that beset one in the case of early-printed books are immense; but with the inconstancies of incunabula we are not concerned here.
"The Book-Hunter at Home"
P. B. M. Allan