- Giuseppe Filippucci: Whoever invented the elevator is a genius.
- Pasquale Maggi: Tell me about it. I slept in one for three months.
- Pasquale Maggi: [as the film projector is being set up in the boys' prison] In here they feed us, they shelter us, they give us clothes, and they even entertain us. What else could we want? This is paradise!
- Mr. Anucci: Boy! I've told you enough times not to leave the horse unattended.
- Giuseppe Filippucci: But that's not a horse, it's a small table.