John Milton

"Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day."

"What hath Night to do with Sleep?"

"Him the Almighty Power hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky."

"Evil be thou my good."

"The Graces and the Hours were seen on heaps of musk and roses."

"War is the science of destruction."

"A grateful mind by owing owes not, but still pays, at once indebted and discharged."

"What one hath made, another may undo the same."

"By small and small to greater things we climb."

"Solitude sometimes is best society."

"The mind through all her powers irradiate, all are not fit with equal freedom found."

"What is dark within, shine forth; what is low, raise and support."

"To live is not to breathe, but to feel the movement of the heart."

"In every concealment there is also a revealing."

"Have you not spirit to stand, and make your claim with fortitude?"

"What does eternal silence teach to those who dare to listen?"

"Creation sleeps; I wake: there are but I and my Creator."

"The sum of earthly bliss is but a shade."

"Who overcomes by force hath overcome but half his foe."

"All things are artificial; for nature is the art of God."

"From man's ripe soul, what generations yet shall be the heirs of fame?"

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

"Sweet is the lore which Nature brings."

"How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed as dull fools suppose."

"The restless mind will find no anchor in the world."

"Books are as meats; some to be tasted, others swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested."

"What if my wings are bent; my heart soars free."

"Praise is the reflection of virtue."

"The flowers fade, but their sweet memory grows eternal."

"Dreams are the touch of an immortal hand."