The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other.

Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.

You cannot say 'no' to the people you love, not often. That's the secret. And then when you do, it has to sound like a 'yes'. Or you have to make them say 'no.' You have to take time and trouble.

Friendship and money: oil and water.

Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family.- Don Corleone

We don't know if capital punishment is a deterrent, but we know that men we execute will not murder again.

It was a lie but he believed in telling lies to people. Truth telling and medicine just didn't go together except in dire emergencies, if then.