Once you go Vatican, you never go back again.
[But] age, the common enemy of mankind, has laid his hand upon you; would that it had fallen upon some other, and that you were still young.
youth is quick in feeling but weak in judgement.
For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother
How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!
Behold, on wrong Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong.