John Milton

"Evil into good cannot be transform'd; but to work unto good by evil means."

"Time is the image of eternity."

"Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none."

"The poet's eye sees all things as they truly are."

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

"Nor jealousy was understood, the injur'd lover's hell."

"Peace hath her victories no less renown'd than war."

"Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise."

"To govern well requires some knowledge of affairs."

"Solitude sometimes is best society."

"The heavens are not the less the heavens because we are beneath them."

"Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven."

"All who have observ'd the highest things commit their care to him alone."

"He seems to be of Indian and Eastern origin, dark and full of mystery."

"The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day."

"Beauty draws with a single hair."

"Silence is the language of truth."

"The love of learning is the love of liberty."

"In the darkness, hope becomes our lantern."

"Heroic deeds are not to be confin'd to the mighty alone."

"Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou liv'st, live well."

"He who understands himself knows others."

"To act with wisdom is to understand the nature of change."

"Grim Death's darker shores may be safer than this troubled world."

"Patience is a virtue that separates the wise from the foolish."

"Great works require great men, and great deeds great hearts."

"True friendship is a plant of slow growth."

"The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken."

"The imagination is the eye of the soul."

"Technology is a double-edged sword, cutting both ways."