It is very little that we can ever know of the ways of Providence or the laws of existence; but that little is enough, and exactly enough. Ruskin.
It is war's prize to take all advantages, / And ten to one is no impeach of valour. 3 Hen. VI., i. 4.
It is we that are blind, not Fortune. Sir T. Browne.
It is well that there is no one without a fault, 25 for he would not have a friend in the world. He would seem to belong to a different species. Hazlitt.
It is well to go for a light to another man's fire, but by no means to tarry by it. Plutarch.
It is when the hour of conflict is over, that history comes to a right understanding of the strife, and is ready to exclaim: "Lo! God is here, and we knew it not." Bancroft.
It is wholesomer for the moral nature to be restrained, even by arbitrary power, than to be allowed to exercise arbitrary power. J. S. Mill.
It is wisdom alone that can recognise wisdom. Carlyle.
It is wise not to know a secret, and honest 30 not to reveal it. Pr.
It is with a fine genius as with a fine fashion; all those are displeased at it who are not able to follow it. Warton.