Bed is the poor man's opera.

If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot.

—Italian proverb

The best armor is to keep out of range.

—Italian proverb

It is not enough to aim; you must hit.

—Italian proverb

Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box.

—Italian proverb

Since the house is on fire, let us warm ourselves.

—Italian proverb

I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand.

—Sir Edward Appleton

No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

—W. H. Auden

Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.

—Ed Gardner

Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back, and, instead of bleeding, he sings.

—Robert Benchley