Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
Do you know that women who are chaste remain much fresher than those who are not?
As when, O lady mine, With chiselled touch, The stone unhewn and cold, Becomes a living mould, The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows.
If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight, my every pain is born.
I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.