Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.
JOHN MILTONPrudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.
JOHN MILTONSolitude sometimes is best society.
JOHN MILTONNeither prosperity nor empire nor heaven can be worth winning at the price of a virulent temper, bloody hands, an anguished spirit, and a vain hatred of the rest of the world.
JOHN MILTONSweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds.
JOHN MILTONWhere more is meant than meets the ear.
JOHN MILTONPeace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.
JOHN MILTONNothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.
JOHN MILTONGod made thee perfect, not immutable.
JOHN MILTONLoneliness is the first thing which God’s eye named not good.
JOHN MILTONThere is nothing that making men rich and strong but that which they carry inside of them. True wealth is of the heart, not of the hand.
JOHN MILTONNo institution which does not continually test its ideals, techniques and measure of accomplishment can claim real vitality.
JOHN MILTONMeanwhile 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.
JOHN MILTONThe mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.
JOHN MILTONNone can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license.
JOHN MILTONApt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.
JOHN MILTONFor 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.
JOHN MILTON