The dictates of the heart are the voice of fate.

I speak with the Eternal through the instrument of nature, through the world's history: I read the soul of the artist in his Apollo.

When you are not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply because you exist

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.

It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.

Uncommon men require no common trust; give him but scope and he will set the bounds.

No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.