John Milton — "For what is life, but the quintessence of pleasure, if we be not in a perpetual …"

"The attempt to keep out evil doctrine by licensing is like the exploit of that gallant man who thought to keep out the crows by shutting the park gate."

"And the fair Sex, whose chief delight is to be thought of, and who, for that reason, love to live in the midst of a crowd, and to be admired by all, cannot but be displeased at a solitude, which depri…"

"For what can be more unjust than to throw the blame of a bad cause upon the fault of the first man?"

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

"For neither man nor angel can discern Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks Invisible, except to God alone, By His permissive will, through Heaven and Earth."