John Milton

“Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n.”

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”

“A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.”

“They also serve who only stand and wait.”

“Awake, arise, or be for ever fall'n.”

“Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”

“He who reigns within himself, and rules his passions, desires, and fears, is more than a king.”

“Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.”

“For what can war, but endless war, still breed?”

“Solitude sometimes is best society.”

“All is not lost, the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and courage never to submit or yield.”

“Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is.”

“Peace hath her victories No less renowned than war.”

“The world was all before them, where to choose their place of rest, and Providence their guide.”

“To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.”

“Innocence, once lost, can never be regained. Darkness, once gazed upon, can never be lost.”

“Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.”

“Our torments also may in length of time Become our elements.”

“What is dark within me, illumine.”

“He who would not be frustrated of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem.”