Paradise Lost

• "To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell:
  Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven."
  • Source: Project Gutenberg

• "For who can yet believe, though after loss,
  That all these puissant legions, whose exile
  Hath emptied Heaven, shall fail to re-ascend,
  Self-raised, and repossess their native seat?"
  • Source: Project Gutenberg

• "[He] who overcomes
  By force hath overcome but half his foe."
  • Source: Project Gutenberg