– On se moque de moi quand je prête mon cahier, disait Ludovic ; mais si Votre Excellence daignait me dicter l’orthographe des mots lettre à lettre, les envieux ne sauraient plus que dire : l’orthographe ne fait pas le génie.
"They laugh at me when I lend them my copy-book," said Lodovico; "but if Your Excellency would deign to dictate to me the spelling of the words letter by letter, the envious fellows wouldn't have anything left to say: spelling doesn't make genius."