This is a situation that is totally out of character for him, a situation that would never be repeated, I believe, in 100 years.

This is out of character for Tony. He's led a law-abiding life. We don't know why things happened.

Tony is ill, and he is not in any condition to be here today.

Shit happens. Doesn't mean you have to step in it. But if you do I would buy a new pair of shoes.

Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free; Patient of toil; serene amidst alarms; Inflexible in faith; invincible in arms.

Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these help instead of hinder, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of a character, but strengthen it. Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.