The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. Emerson.
The inventor of a spinning-jenny is pretty sure 10 of his reward in his own day; but the writer of a true poem, like the apostle of a true religion, is nearly as sure of the contrary. Carlyle.
The invisible world is near us; or rather it is here, in us and about us; were the fleshly coil removed from our soul, the glories of the unseen were even now around us; as the ancients fabled of the spheral music. Carlyle.
The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve. Mid. N. Dream, v. 1.
The irreligious poet is a monster. Burns.
The is of this moment is not the explanation of the is of the next. Except in the idea of God there is no nexus between the two. Ed.
The Israelitish people never was good for 15 much, as its own leaders, judges, rulers, prophets have a thousand times reproachfully declared; it possesses few virtues, and most of the faults of other nations; but in cohesion, steadfastness, valour, and when all this would not serve, in obstinate toughness, it has no match. Goethe.
The jealous is possessed by a "fine mad devil" and a dull spirit at once. Lavater.
The jealous man's disease is of so malignant a nature, that it converts all it takes into its own nourishment. Addison.
The jest which is expected is already destroyed. Johnson.