Every Family Has Bad Memories.

What Is Past Is Past. Never Go Back. Not For Excuses. Not For Justification, Not For Happiness. You Are What You Are, The World Is What It Is.

He Had Long Ago Learned That Society Imposes Insults That Must Be Borne, Comforted By The Knowledge That In This World There Comes A Time When The Most Humble Of Men, If He Keeps His Eyes Open, Can Take His Revenge On The Most Powerful.

Keep Your Friends Close, But Your Enemies Closer.

The Other Dons In The Room Applauded And Rose To Shake Hands With Everybody In Sight And To Congratulate Don Corleone And Don Tattaglia On Their New Friendship. It Was Not Perhaps The Warmest Friendship In The World, They Would Not Send Each Other Christmas Gift Greetings, But They Would Not Murder Each Other. That Was Friendship Enough In This World, All That Was Needed.

Finance Is A Gun. Politics Is Knowing When To Pull The Trigger.