The heavens call to you, and circle about you, displaying to you their eternal splendors, and your eye gazes only to earth.

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

The glory of Him who moves everything penetrates through the universe, and is resplendent in one part more and in another less.

No one thinks of how much blood it costs.

Stand firm as the tower that never shakes its top whatever wind may blow.

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.

At grief so deep the tongue must wag in vain; the language of our sense and memory lacks the vocabulary of such pain.