Every cloud has a silver lining

This phrase was authored by John Milton in his 1634 work Comus: A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle.  

I see ye visibly, and now believe

That he, the Supreme Good, to whom all things ill

Are but as slavish officers of vengeance,

Would send a glistering guardian, if need were 

To keep my life and honour unassailed. 

Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud 

Turn forth her silver lining on the night? 

I did not err; there does a sable cloud 

Turn forth her silver lining on the night, 

And casts a gleam over this tufted grove.

The phrase morphed throughout the years to the one we use today. Read about its evolution here. 

One afternoon I was driving and spotted the silver lining. 

So I had to stop and capture it!