She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a caprice?
If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.
For the future, I shall rely only upon those elements of my character which I have tested. Who would ever have said that I should find pleasure in shedding tears? That I should love the man who proves to me that I am nothing more than a fool?
The only unhappiness is a life of boredom.
The idea which tyrants find most useful is the idea of God.
Because one has little fear of shocking vanity in Italy, people adopt an intimate tone very quickly and discuss personal things.