Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men.

He whom you see-along the downward arc- was William, and the land that mourns his death, for living Charles and Frederick, now laments; now he has learned how Heaven loves the just ruler, and he would show this outwardly as well, so radiantly visible.

It was the hour of morning, when the sun mounts with those stars that shone with it when God's own love first set in motion those fair things

Love kindled by virtue always kindles another, provided that its flame appear outwardly.

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

The whole universe is but the footprint of the Divine goodness.

Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.