- Peppino: Do you know who my father was?
- [Nicosia glances at Peppino whom is a hunchback]
- Costante Nicosia: A camel.
- Costante Nicosia: [to his wife] I always have good luck with things that rhyme with the letter 'u', EXCEPT YOU!
- [seeing his loafing brother-in-law snoring at his desk]
- Costante Nicosia: The voice of the proletariat!