At Ferrari this house is still shown, "Parva sed APTA" he calls it, but exults that it was paid for with his own money.
"Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)"
Isaac D'Israeli
Nec patiens corpus, nec mens fuit APTA labori, sollicitaeque fugax ambitionis eram.
"The Student's Companion to Latin Authors"
George Middleton Thomas R. Mills
But English beauty in Passy was soon to receive a memorable addition to its ranks in the person of a certain Madame Seraskier, who came with an invalid little daughter to live in the house so modestly described in gold as "Parva sed APTA."
"Peter Ibbetson"
George Du Maurier