Trifling favors are readily acknowledged, though cheaply esteemed; but important ones are most rarely remembered.
Giovanni RuffiniAll papas and mammas have exactly that sort of sight which distinguishes objects at a distance clearly, while they need spectacles to see those under their very noses.
Giovanni RuffiniHusband and wife,--so much in common, how different in type! Such a contrast, and yet such harmony, strength and weakness blended together!
Giovanni Ruffini