Guido Reni's Lucrezia Romana, with a dagger which she has already thrust two inches into her bosom, as though it were cheese, is one of the most foolish pictures I ever saw.

The Corsini family having given the world a pope, a case of papal vestments is here.

It was this Pope when Cardinal Corsini who said to Dr.Johnson's friend, Mrs.Piozzi, meeting him in Florence in 1785, "Well, Madam, you never saw one of us red-legged partridges before, I believe".
There may be more beautiful bridges in the world than the Trinita, but I have seen none.

Its curve is so gentle and soft, and its three arches so light and graceful, that I wonder that whenever new bridges are necessary the authorities do not insist upon the Trinita being copied.

The Ponte Vecchio, of course, has a separate interest of its own, and stands apart, like the Rialto.