Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.
Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship.
Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined; Till at his second bidding darkness fled, Light shone, and order from disorder sprung.
Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.
Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself.
For what can war, but endless war, still breed?
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.
He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon.
He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.
To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.
Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.
Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.