Bologna Is Celebrated For Producing Popes, Painters,

Retirement Accords With The Tone Of My Mind; I Will Not Descend To A World I Despise.

I Doubt Sometimes Whether A Quiet And Unagitated Life Would Have Suited Me - Yet I Sometimes Long For It.

Since Eve Ate The Apple, Much Depends On Dinner.

I Would Rather Have A Nod From An American, Than A Snuff- Box From An Emperor.

And Doubt And Discord Step 'twixt Thine And Thee.