I do not now begin, - I still adore Her whom I early cherish'd in my breast; Then once again with prudence dispossess'd, And to whose heart I'm driven back once more. The love of Petrarch, that all-glorious love, Was unrequited, and, alas, full sad.

What right those who govern have to govern they don't question, they just govern. Whether the people have a right to depose them that doesn't concern them. All they are concerned with is that the people will not be tempted to depose them.

Don't judge anyone harshly until you yourself have been through his experiences

A vain man can never be altogether rude. Desirous as he is of pleasing, he fashions his manners after those of others.

If you want to reach the infinite, then explore every aspect of the finite.

That is the way of youth and life in general: that we do not understand the strategy until after the campaign is over.

A great artist... must be shaken by the naked truths that will not be comforted. This divine discontent, this disequilibrium, this state of inner tension is the source of artistic energy.