What you have inherited from your fathers, earn over again for yourselves, or it will not be yours.

If I work incessantly to the last, nature owes me another form of existence when the present one collapses.

Faith is hidden household capital.

Truth is a torch, but a terrific one; therefore we all try to reach it with closed eyes, lest we should be scorched.

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.

Voluntary dependence is the wonderful form of existence, and how could that be possible without love?

How can you come to know yourself? Never by thinking, always by doing. Try to do your duty, and you'll know right away what you amount to.