"If you talk to the shadows, at least you know them well and the words, all of them, unfold themselves with ease on mu…"

"Abbreviations are the wheels of language, the wings of Mercury. And though we might be dragged along without them, it…"

"[About the Telekom Serbia case] I confess: I am the puppet master behind this whole affair. I am turning myself in fo…"

"(About the deaths of Ilaria Alpi and Miran Hrovatin) They were on vacation in Somalia; they were not conducting any i…"

"(About the case of Eluana Englaro) A genuine murder has taken place. [Even] Parliament itself has been taken for a ri…"

"I worked for years for Berlusconi; I know his strategies. When I was his legal advisor and he asked me to draft laws …"

"There are many things I did during that period that I would never do again. I have no qualms about saying that I went…"

"(Regarding the secret dossier on Ilaria Alpi) I have absolutely no recollection of having given that document to the …"

"I never cared a bit for philology; my chief aim has been throughout to illustrate the social condition of the English…"

"Hoc Matthaeus agens hominem generaliter implet; Marcus ut alta fremit uox per deserta leonis; Iura sacerdotii Lucas t…"