People are so opinionated about things, and they don't even know what they're talking about, or can't even do it themselves.
Happy is he who has gained the wealth of divine thoughts, wretched is he whose beliefs about the gods are dark.
When I last went to Italy, over two years ago, I had a lot more trouble understanding the language than I used to when I lived there for a year. I used to speak very little but I could understand very well.

