John Milton

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

"Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven."

"All is not lost; the unconquerable Will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and courage never to submit or yield."

"What is strength without a double share of wisdom?"

"To know that which before us lies in daily life is the prime wisdom."

"Freely we serve, because we freely love, as in our will to love or not."

"The mind is the man, and knowledge is power."

"Death is the last sleep and the final awakening."

"They also serve who only stand and wait."

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

"Solitude sometimes is best society."

"Satan, so call him now, his former name is heard no more in Heaven."

"Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail or knock the breast."

"Good deeds are the invisible hinges on the doors of heaven."

"The first and wisest of them all professed to know thyself."

"True happiness consists in virtue."

"Books are the treasuries of the world."

"For books are as meats and viands are; some of good, some of evil substance."

"A poet soaring in the high region of his fancies with his garland and singing robes about him."

"Education forms the common mind."

"Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless."

"Time is the subtle thief of youth."

"Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise to scorn delights and live laborious days."

"Yet I shall temper so justice with mercy."

"Through difficulty to the stars."

"Virtue could see to do what virtue could see to do."

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."

"A man must learn to forgive himself."

"Better to rule one's soul than nations."

"The mind is its own kingdom."