You must know that it is by the state of the lavatory that a family is judged.

Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways: women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

When I eat alone I feel like a seminarian being punished. I tried it for one week and I was not comfortable. Then I searched through Sacred Scripture for something saying I had to eat alone. I found nothing, so I gave it up and it's much better now.

The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most splendid light.

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.