Man has no greater enemy than himself.
Petrarch
Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.
Petrarch
Often have I wondered with much curiosity as to our coming into this world and what will follow our departure.
Petrarch
How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance.
Petrarch
The aged love what is practical while impetuous youth longs only for what is dazzling.
Petrarch
To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.