Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.
Deep vers'd in books, and shallow in himself.
These are thy glorious works, Parent of good!
It is not hard for any man who hath a Bible in his hand to borrow good words and holy sayings in abundance; but to make them his own is a work of grace only from above.
The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.
Abash'd the Devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is.