The world cannot do without great men, but great men are very troublesome to the world.

Let us live in as small a circle as we will, we are either debtors or creditors before we have had time to look around.

If the mass of people hesitate to act, strike with swiftly and with boldness, the brave heart that understands and seizes opportunity can everything.

Prudent and active men, who know their strength and use it with limit and circumspection, alone go far in the affairs of the world.

Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends.

Who is the happiest man? He who is alive to the merit of others, and can rejoice in their enjoyment as if it were his own.

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.