There are very few moments in a man's existence 5 when he experiences so much ludicrous distress, or meets with so little charitable commiseration, as when he is in pursuit of his own hat. Dickens.
There are very few people in this world who get any good by either writing or reading. Ruskin.
There are, whom heaven has blessed with store of wit, / Yet want as much again to manage it; / For wit and judgment ever are at strife, / Tho' meant each other's aid, like man and wife. Pope.
There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all. Mme. Swetchine.
There be some that think their wits have been asleep, except they dart out somewhat that is piquant, and to the quick; that is a vein which would be bridled. Bacon.
There can be no excess to love, none to knowledge, 10 none to beauty, when these attributes are considered in the purest sense. Emerson.
There can be no kernel in this light nut; the soul of this man is in his clothes. All's Well, ii. 5.
There can be no profanity where there is no fane behind. Thoreau.
There can be no shame in accepting orders from those who have themselves learned to obey. W. E. Forster.
There can be no true aristocracy but must possess the land. Carlyle.