Canzon, s'uom trovi in suo amor viver queto, di': Muor' mentre se' lieto, ché morte al tempo è non duol, ma refugio; et chi ben pò morir, non cerchi … - Petrarch

And what good has all your reading done you? Out of all the things you have read, how much has really stayed in your soul, what roots have grown there that will, in a good time, bring forth fruit? Examine your heart carefully. If you compare the whole of what you know with what you don’t know, you will find that your knowledge is like a small stream dried up in the summer heat compared to the ocean of your ignorance. And even granted that you do know a lot, what difference does it make?

Tal par gran meraviglia, et poi si sprezza.

gönlümüzde kaygılar, kollarımızda boşluk,
geçici zevkler ve bitmek bilmez dert,
kışın güller, yaz ortasında buz,
belirsiz umut önümüzde ve kısa süren sevinç,
pişmanlık ve elem, ardımızda bıraktığımız
(aşkın utkusu iii, 115-119)