You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and exert the utmost power of your mind. If one way does not lead to the desired meaning, take another; if obstacles arise, then still another; until, if your strength holds out, you will find that clear which at first looked dark.
Giovanni BoccaccioWhile farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.
Giovanni BoccaccioHeaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.
Giovanni BoccaccioMuch is required of those who are happy, especially if they have needed comforting in the past, and have received it.
Giovanni BoccaccioNo-thing less splendid than a golden sepulchre would have suited so noble a heart.
Giovanni BoccaccioAlthough love dwells in gorgeous palaces, and sumptuous apartments, more willingly than in miserable and desolate cottages, it cannot be denied but that he sometimes causes his power to be felt in the gloomy recesses of forests, among the most bleak and rugged mountains, and in the dreary caves of a desert.
Giovanni Boccaccio