"I believe you are right.

I am ambitious: if I only had the brains that some men have I would do great things." "You are wrong, Giovanni.

It is neither brains nor ambition nor strength that you lack--it is opportunity." "They say that a man who has anything in him creates opportunities for himself," answered Giovanni, rather sadly.

"I fear it is because I really have nothing in me that I can do nothing.

It sometimes makes me very unhappy to think so.