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But wherefore thou alone Wherefore with thee Came not all hell broke loose Is pain to them Less pain, less to be fled, or thou than they Less hardy to endure Courageous chief, The first in flight from pain, hadst thou alleged To thy deserted host this cause of flight, Thou surely hadst not come sole fugitive.

Here at last We shall be free the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in Hell Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.

Accuse not nature, she hath done her part Do thou but thine , and be not diffident Of wisdom, she deserts thee not, if thou Dismiss not her, when most thou needest her nigh, By attributing overmuch to things Less excellent, as thou thyself perceivest.

When the waves are round me breaking, As I pace the deck alone, And my eye in vain is seeking Some green leaf to rest upon What would not I give to wander Where my old companions dwell Absence makes the heart grow fonder, Isle of Beauty, fare thee well

... If weakness may excuse, What Murderer, what Traitor, Parricide, Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it All Wickedness is Weakness That plea therefore With God or Man will gain thee no Remission.

If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectfy manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is delightful to man.

None can love freedom heartily but good men the rest love not freedom, but license.

 ...A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.

How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three-and-twentieth year

Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of
Heaven.

The childhood shows the man, As morning shows the day.

Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind.

He also serves who only stands and waits.
Who overcomes by force hath overcome but half his foe.

Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions for opinions in good men is but knowledge in the making.

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

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.