"What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, and study of revenge, immortal hate, and courage never to submit or yield: and what is else not to be overcome?"

"Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n."

"For liberty hath a sharp and double edge, fit only to be handled by just and virtuous men; to bad and dissolute, it becomes a mischief unwieldy in their own hands."

"Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil."

"To be blind is not miserable; but to be incapable of enduring blindness, that is miserable."