Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There is obviously no rule about this, except that anything that you suspect of being a cliche undoubtedly is one and had better be removed.
“I learned early that you only have so much energy to give. You have to spend it correctly.”
“Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.”