"The sincere friends of this world are as ship lights in the stormiest of nights."

"Take pleasure in your dreams; relish your principles and drape your purest feelings on the heart of a precious lover."

"Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning."

"The human heart is as a frail craft on which we wish to reach the stars."

"Every painting is a voyage into a sacred harbour."