Hereditary bondsmen! Know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow?

— Lord Byron

Here's a sigh to those who love me And a smile to those who hate And whatever sky's above me Here's a heart for every fate.

— Lord Byron

He was the mildest manner'd man That ever scuttled ship or cut a throat.

— Lord Byron

He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.

— Lord Byron

His speech was a fine sample on the whole Of rhetoric which to learn'd call "rigmarole."

— Lord Byron

History is the devil's scripture.

— Lord Byron

I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness.

— Lord Byron

I am never long even in the society of her I love without yearning for the company of my lamp and my library.

— Lord Byron

I am not now That which I have been.

— Lord Byron

I awoke one morning and found myself famous.

— Lord Byron