“When all the other animals, downcast looked upon the earth, he [Prometheus] gave a face raised on high to man, and commanded him to see the sky and raise his high eyes to the stars.”
“Nitimur in vetitum" -- "We strive after the forbidden”
“Today is truly the Golden Age: gold buys hornor, gold procures love”
“Our native soil draws all of us, by I know not what sweetness, and never allows us to forget.”
“It's a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes.”
“Give me the waters of Lethe that numb the heart, if they exist, I will still not have the power to forget you.”