in Italy, almost at every step, history and poetry add to the graces of nature, sweeten the memory of the past, and seem to preserve it in eternal youth.

Goethe has made a remark upon the perfectability of the human mind, which is full of sagacity: It is always advancing, but in a spiral line.

Love is the symbol of eternity.

Enthusiasm signifies 'God in us.'

Prayer is the life of the soul.

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.

Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

He seemed like a walking blasphemy, a blend of the angel and the ape.

As one of the dumb, voiceless ones I speak. One of the millions of immigrants beating, beating out their hearts at your gates for a breath of understanding.

You can get into the greatest business in the world because you can manufacture money by yourself on the field.

In mathematics our role is more that of servant than master.

The great saint may be said to mix all his thoughts with thanks. All goods look better when they look like gifts.

I want nothing but death.

My imperative is to seek every moment and to live so God is in control.

Money hasn't any value of its own; it represents the stored up energy of men and women and is really just someone's promise to pay a certain amount of that energy.

Wear your boots if you wander today

But in most cases even the possibility that the correlations reflect shared genes is taboo.