[On Vittorio Alfieri] [...] this quivering impatience, which pushes him forward towards a goal he could not distinguish... this painful agitation of a soul in anguish in all the bonds of society, in all conditions, in all countries; ... this imperious need for something freer in the State, more proud in man, more devoted in love, more complete in friendship; ... this ardor in search of another existence, of another universe, which he sought in vain, with the speed of a messenger, from one end of Europe to the other, and which he could not find in the real world ...
[...] cette bouillante impatience, qui le poussait en avant vers un but qui'il ne savait distingui... cette agitation douloureuse d'une âme à l'étroit dans tous les lines de la société, dans toutes les conditions, dans tous les pays; ... that must be impérieux of that which chose the most free in the age, the most proud in the man, the most devout in the love, the most complete in the friendship; ... cette ardeur after another existence, after another universe, where you look for travel, with the rapidity of a courier, from another end of Europe, here 'you can't find it in the world of film...

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