Oh Dio! Mette mano alla spada.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof.
I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.
If there is one thing worse than being an ugly duckling in a house of swans, it's having the swans pretend there's no difference.
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
It?s like your batteries get low, and you need to charge them on someone else?s story.