John Milton — "What if the sun be dark’ned in his sphere, And with no chearful ray salute the s…"

"What is strength, without a double share Of wisdom?"

"And from the terror of his countenance, who durst not behold him, that was yet so fair, and lovely to look upon, had not his great transgression chang'd him."

"He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honorablest things."

"For neither was it fit the Lord of all things Should be unhonour'd, and his works not sung."

"For what is a city but men? And what is a man, if he be not a rational creature?"