Learning is my sole delight. - Petrarch

Books have led some to learning and others to madness, when they swallow more than they can digest.

Virtue ‘gainst fury shall advance the fight, and it to the combat soon shall put to flight, for the Old Roman Valor is not dead! Nor in the Italian’s breasts, extinguish-ed.

This is my only way to shield myself, from people's knowing glances, since they read from my miserable bearing, all joy spent, and know the fires that must rage within.