Espresso is to Italy, what champagne is to France.
Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour.
There is one person that is wiser than anybody, and that is everybody.
A married man with a family will do anything for money.
It is not an event; it is a piece of news.
In a novel, the author gives the leading character intelligence and distinction. Fate goes to less trouble: mediocrities play a part in great events simply from happening to be there.