John Milton

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Solitude sometimes is best society.”

“What is dark within me, illumine.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“They also serve who only stand and wait.”

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