"Name to me an animal, though never so skillful, that I cannot imitate!" So bragged the ape to the fox. But the fox replied, "And do thou name to me an animal so humble as to think of imitating thee."—Lessing.
Immortality.—When I consider the wonderful activity of the mind, so great a memory of what is past, and such a capacity of penetrating into the future; when I behold such a number of arts and sciences, and such a multitude of discoveries thence arising; I believe and am firmly persuaded that a nature which contains so many things within itself cannot be mortal.—Cicero.
Whatsoever that be within us that feels, thinks, desires, and animates, is something celestial, divine, and consequently imperishable.—Aristotle.
The spirit of man, which God inspired, cannot together perish with this corporeal clod.—Milton.
All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.—Socrates.
What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat.—Marcus Antoninus.
The seed dies into a new life, and so does man.—George MacDonald.
Impatience.—Impatience turns an ague into a fever, a fever to the plague, fear into despair, anger into rage, loss into madness, and sorrow to amazement.—Jeremy Taylor.
Impossibility.—One great difference between a wise man and a fool is, the former only wishes for what he may possibly obtain; the latter desires impossibilities.—Democritus.
Improvement.—Slumber not in the tents of your fathers. The world is advancing. Advance with it.—Mazzini.