"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."

"You can make hell out of heaven and heaven out of hell. It's all in the mind."

"Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the …"

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

"Evil into the mind of God or man may come and go, so unapproved, and leave no spot or blame behind."