You must be either the servant or the master, the hammer or the anvil.

To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is to not have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon it clings to it with zest. And thus at wisdom's copious breasts You'll drink each day with greater zest.

Manners form the great charm of women.

Make the most of time, it flies away so fast; yet method will teach you to win time.

There is no patriotic art.