“Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.”

“Here at lastWe shall be free;the Almighty hath not builtHere for his envy, will not drive us hence:Here we may reign secure, and in my choiceTo reign is worth ambition though in Hell:Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.”

“The mind is a universe and can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.”

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..”

“The happy placeImparts to thee no happiness, no joy --Rather inflames thy torment, representingLost bliss, to thee no more communicable;So never more in Hell than when in Heaven.”

“Me miserable! Which way shall I flyInfinite wrath and infinite despair?Which way I fly is hell; myself am hell;And in the lowest deep a lower deep,Still threat'ning to devour me, opens wide,To which the hell I suffer seems a heaven.”

“Yet he who reigns within himself, and rulesPassions, desires, and fears, is more a king.”