 Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. |
| Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end. |
| He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. |
| Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live. |
| Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right. |
| A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit. |
| When complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for. |
| The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby. |
| The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller. |
| Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self. |
| For what can war, but endless war, still breed? |
| To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable. |
| None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence. |
| 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. |
| They also serve who only stand and wait. |
| Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. |
| Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown in courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, where most may wonder at the workmanship. |
| True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves. |
| Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun and moon where in the flat sea sunk. |
| Deep-versed in books and shallow in himself. |
