A little more than kin, and less than kind.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Hamlet. Act i. Sc. 2.

He that had neyther been kith nor kin

Might have seen a full fayre sight.

Thomas Percy (1728-1811): Guy of Gisborne.

'Cause grace and virtue are within

Prohibited degrees of kin;

And therefore no true saint allows

They shall be suffer'd to espouse.

Samuel Butler (1600-1680): Hudibras. Part iii. Canto i. Line 1293.

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Troilus and Cressida. Act iii. Sc. 3.