On the soundboard appears the Latin inscription Vita brevis, ars longa.
"Italian Harpsichord-Building in the 16th and 17th Centuries"
John D. Shortridge
Dante tells us in La Vita Nuova that the effect of his love for Beatrice was to open his heart to all, and to sweeten all his life.
"Friendship"
Hugh Black
When all the pink clean tiny hands were wiped dry, or as nearly dry as little girls do wipe tiny pink hands, on the pink checked towel held for them by Sister Angela, then Sister Angela hung the pink checked towel on the lowest limb of the arbor-Vita tree.
"Somebody's Little Girl"
Martha Young