“I found Rome of clay; I leave it to you of marble... Have I played the part well? Then applaud me as I exit.”— Augustus Caesar, history.com
“I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.”— Leonardo da Vinci, amazon.com
“Oh, I am not going to die, am I? He will not separate us, we have been so happy.”— Charlotte Bontë, theguardian.com
“I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we can’t go through another of those terrible times. And I shan’t recover this time… I can’t go on spoiling your life any longer. I don’t think two people could have been happier than we have been.”— Virginia Woolf, brainpickings.org