Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.

High birth is an accident, not a virtue.

The room where I am lodging is stupendous. Thank God I am as fit as a fiddle.

Do what others won't do today, so that tomorrow you can do what other can't.

With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of a courtesan; it may be so, but I have the heart of a King. I live free, I enjoy myself, I can call myself happy.

Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood.