And we are a people without tears. The things that moved our parents do not move us at all.

Italy is a country which is willing to submit itself to the worst governments. It is, as we know, a country ruled by disorder, cynicism, incompetence and confusion. Nevertheless we are aware of intelligence circulating in the streets like a vivid bloodstream.

But the English do not know what surprise is. No one ever turns his head to look at anyone else in the street.

And we are a people without tears. The things that moved our parents do not move us at all.

I begin to suspect that England is the most melancholy country in the world.

You aren't ill: it is just that you are made of second-rate materials

Being moderate with oneself and generous with others; this is what is meant by having a just relationship with money, by being free as far as money is concerned.