John Milton

"The dead live in our memory and in our gratitude."

"Ambition and revenge are but shadows that chase the wind."

"Good is the natural and proper measure of all things."

"The path to greatness lies through humble service."

"What strength have the weak but the strength of their faith?"

"The heart that seeks will always find."

"In diversity there is depth; in unity, there is power."

"What music can soothe the soul in darkest hours?"

"The wise man questions even his own wisdom."

"Mercy without justice is the path to chaos."

"To create is to touch the face of the eternal."

"The smallest virtue outweighs the mightiest sin."

"Love transcends all earthly bonds and boundaries."

"What legacy do we leave for those who follow?"

"In the face of loss, dignity is our truest gain."

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

"To know them, that is to know myself."

"What if earth be but the shadow of heaven, and things therein each to other like more than on earth is thought?"

"Bondage is bitter, freedom is sweet."

"The first time through, belief comes easily."

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that."

"To be weak is miserable, doing or suffering."

"He who destroys a good book kills reason itself."

"As one who long in populous city pent, where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, forth issuing on a summer's morn to breathe among the pleasant villages."

"The great Taskmaster's eye."

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

"To reign is worth ambition though in hell."

"Nothing profits more than self-knowledge."

"By weakness and defeat to conquer Satan."

"Sweet is the lore which Nature brings."