These have not the hope to die.

Unity in wills cannot be unless there is one will dominating and ruling all the rest to oneness... wills of mortals have need of a directive principle... therefore for the well-being of the world, there should be a monarchy.

Because there is no man who can be true and just judge of himself, so much will self-love deceive him.

L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle (The love that moves the sun and the other stars)

I, answering in the end, began: 'Alas, how many yearning thoughts, what great desire, have lead them through such sorrow to their fate?

He who know most grieves most for wasted time.

Thou shall know by experience how salt the savor is of others' bread, and how sad a path it is to climb and descend another's stairs.