“To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.”

Loneliness is the first thing which God’s eye named not good.

My latest found, Heaven’s last, best gift, my ever new delight!

Retiring from the popular noise, I seek This unfrequented place to find some ease.

Suffering for truth’s sake Is fortitude to highest victory, And to the faithful death the gate of life.

Meanwhile the Adversary of God and man, Satan with thoughts inflamed of highest design, Puts on swift wings, and towards the gates of hell Explores his solitary flight.

Innocence, Once Lost, Can Never Be Regained. Darkness, Once Gazed Upon, Can Never Be Lost.

Consider first, that great or bright infers not excellence.

This is servitude, To serve the unwise.

Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light.

Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n.

The best apology against false accusers is silence.

The virtuous mind that ever walks attended By a strong siding champion, Conscience.

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

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.

He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.

Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed.

Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand.

Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.

Two kinds of blindness are easily combined so that those who do not see really appear to see what is not.

Do not take a blind guide.

Some men make fortunes, but not to enjoy them for, blinded by avarice, they live to make fortunes.

Seeing is better than being blind, even when seeing hurts.

There’s none so blind as those who will not listen.