Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?

O youth! thou often tearest thy wings against the thorns of voluptuousness.

Desiring always to be in mourning, he clothed himself with night.

Love would never be a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with light of faith, water of sincerity and air of passion. Sometimes we make love with our eyes. Sometimes we make love with our hands. Sometimes we make love with our bodies. Always we make love with our hearts. If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand. To love another person is to see the face of God.

Die, very good, but do not make others die. Suicides like the one which is about to take place here are sublime, but suicide is restricted, and does not allow of extension; and so soon as it affects your neighbors, suicide becomes murder.

I repeat, whether we be Italians or Frenchmen, misery concerns us all.