In the coldest flint there is hot fire. Pr.
In the confidence of youth man imagines that very much is under his control; in the disappointment of old age, very little. Draper.
In the darkest spot on earth / Some love is 20 found. Procter.
In the degree in which you delight in the life of any creature, you can see it; not otherwise. Ruskin.
In the denial of self is the beginning of all that is truly generous and noble. Carlyle.
In the destitution of the wild desert does our young Ishmael acquire for himself the highest of all possessions, that of self-help. Carlyle.
In the divine commandment, "Thou shalt not steal," if well understood, is comprised the whole Hebrew decalogue, with Solon's and Lycurgus's constitutions, Justinian's pandects, the Code Napoleon, and all codes, catechisms, divinities, moralities whatsoever that man has devised (and enforced with altar-fire and gallows-ropes) for his social guidance. Carlyle.
In the division of the inheritance, friendship 25 standeth still. Dut. Pr.
In the dullest existence there is a sheen of inspiration or of madness (thou partly hast it in thy choice which of the two) that gleams in from the circumambient eternity, and colours with its own hues our little islet of time. Carlyle.
In the dusk the plainest writing is illegible. Goethe.