God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to us: we should not know what to do for sheer apathy and boredom.

Habit is the most imperious of all masters.

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

Yes, I have finally arrived to this Capital of the World! I now see all the dreams of my youth coming to life... Only in Rome is it possible to understand Rome.

Do not hurry; do not rest.

The safest thing is always to try to convert everything that is in us and around us into action; let the others talk and argue about it as they please.

There is a politeness of the heart; this is closely allied to love.