“I have always heard that Italian women are rather fierce.”
“To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to my horse - German.”
“I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.”
“I am getting rather astonishing in my Italian conversation. I believe I talk a mixture of Dante and the worst modern slang.”
“The fierceness of man rules the fates of women.”
“I observe that there is a good deal of German music on the programme, which is rather more to my taste than Italian or French. It is introspective, and I want to introspect.”