Men do not know how to appreciate and measure luck except that of others. Their own never.

Pertini has interpreted as their best the worst about Italians.

Also we Italians have something to Elvis Presley: to offer one of the rare occasions when we prefer to be Italian rather than American.

The nice thing about political pundits is that, when they answer a question, one no longer understands what they were asked.

Cynics are all moralists, and merciless too.

I know many crooks and they never preach, but I don't know anyone who preaches that isn't a crook also.

Italian husbands, in order to buy their wives a fur coat, spend more than all their European collegues.