My lady's sparrow is dead, the sparrow which was my lady's delight

Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then a thousand more.

I hate and I love. And if you ask me how, I do not know: I only feel it, and I am torn in two.

It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion.

But you shall not escape my iambics.

Who now travels that dark path from whose bourne they say no one returns. [Lat., Qui nunc it per iter tenebricosum Illue unde negant redire quemquam.]

I can imagine no greater misfortune for a cultured people than to see in the hands of the rulers not only the civil, but also the religious power.

Godlike the man who sits at her side, who watches and catches that laughter which (softly) tears me to tatters: nothing is left of me, each time I see her.

Give up wanting to deserve any thanks from anyone, or thinking anybody can be grateful.

Nothing is more silly than silly laughter.

Better a sparrow, living or dead, than no birdsong at all.

Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life.

the heart aches through nights—the broken places of neglect

What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.

I have a voluptuous body. I am not one of those skinny girls. I like to enjoy life.

Love burdens itself with the wants and woes and losses and even the wrongs of others.

Socialist: A man suffering from an overwhelming conviction to believe what is not true.

Tape "Seinfeld" for me.

Where the citizen uses a mere sliver or board, the pioneer uses the whole trunk of a tree.

To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.

Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.