A backward glance can often lift the heart.

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.

Eternal love made me.

For she doth make my veins and pulses tremble.

Honor is the greatest poet.

e quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle" ("and thence we came forth to see again the stars")

At the midpoint on the journey of life, I found myself in a dark forest, for the clear path was lost.