In my opinion butlers ought To know their place, and not to play The Old Retainer night and day.

- Joachim Du Bellay

Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the …

- Joachim Du Bellay

Happy he who like Ulysses has made a great journey.

- Joachim Du Bellay

Now conquering Rome doth conquered Rome inter, And she the vanquished is, and vanquisher. To show us where she stood there rests alone Tiber; and tha…

- Joachim Du Bellay

France, mother of arts, of warfare, and of laws (Les Regrets)

- Joachim Du Bellay