Michael could never remember his father ever having uttered a word about death, as if the Don respected death too much to philosophize about it.

Some honorable men spend their whole life preparing for a supreme act of treachery

Never show anger at slight,Tell nothing.Earn Respect from everyone by deeds,not Words.Respect the members of your Blood Family.Gambling was Recreation,Not a way to earn a Living.Love your Father,your Mother, your Sister but beware of Loving any other Woman than your Wife.And a Wife was a woman who bore your Children.And once that happened to You,your Life was Forfeit to give them their daily bread

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.

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

All gamblers are paranoid, though they call it superstition.

I want to tell you a story. I have no other vanity.