Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

‎It has ever been my fate to give pain to those whose happiness I should have promoted.

Always to distrust is an error, as well as always to trust.

Only the heart without a stain knows ease.

A vi'let on the meadow grew, That no one saw, that no one knew, It was a modest flower. A shepherdess pass'd by that way-- Light footed, pretty and so gay; That way she came, Softly warbling forth her lay.

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.

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