Mantua gave me birth, Calabri snatched me away, now Parthenope holds me; I sang of shepherds, pastures, and heroes. -Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc Parthenope, cecini pascua, rura, duces
Veiling truth in mystery.
Learn all from one thing. -Ab uno disce omnes
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
We have to thank God for this retirement.
Each draws to his best-loved.