That is to say, although he was clever enough and had a sufficient touch of humour, he cultivated a languid stare, and was chary of speech; and although he was a well-built young fellow, he walked with his elbows out and his knees in, as if the tightness of his trousers and his boots made it nigh impossible for him to walk at all.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
He was wise enough to be chary of exposing himself to useless risks.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
And if Nature is chary of striking scenes and startling impressions and thrilling experiences, affectation, with profane haste, proceeds to amuse itself with artificial feelings, and pretended raptures.
"Practical Ethics"
William DeWitt Hyde