Pietro Aretino

A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them the cowardice of the heart.

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.

Nothing, it appears to me is of greater value in a man than the power of judgement; and the man who has it may be compared to a chest fulled with books, for he is the son of nature and the father of art.

Gdy coś pokochasz, pozwól mu odejść. Jeśli wróci – jest twoje. Jeśli nie – nigdy nie było.

If you love something – let it go. If it comes back, it is yours. If it won't, it never was.