There is so much of good among the worst, so much of evil in the best, such seeming partialities in providence, so many things to lessen and expand, yea, and with all man's boast, so little real freedom of his will, that to look a little lower than the surface, garb, or dialect, or fashion, thou shalt feebly pronounce for a saint, and faintly condemn for a sinner. Tupper.
There is so much trouble in coming into the world, and so much more, as well as meanness, in going out of it, that 'tis hardly worth while to be here at all. Lord Bolingbroke.
There is some soul of goodness in things evil, / Would men observingly distil it out. Henry V., iv. 1.
There is some use in having two attorneys in one firm. Their movements resemble those of the man and woman in a Dutch babyhouse. When it is fair weather with the client, out comes the gentleman partner to fawn like a spaniel; when it is foul, forth bolts the operative brother to pin like a bull-dog. Scott.
There is something behind the throne greater 35 than the king himself. Chatham.
There is something in sorrow more akin to the course of human affairs than joy. C. Fitzhugh.
There is something irresistibly pleasing in the conversation of a fine woman; even though her tongue be silent, the eloquence of her eyes teach wisdom. Goldsmith.
There is something more awful in happiness than in sorrow. Hawthorne.
There is something not solid in the good that is done for us. Emerson.
There is something of all men in every man. 40 Lichtenberg.