Truth seldom is pleasant; it is almost invariably bitter.

Oh, how hard it is to part with power! This one has to understand.

When we feel that we are not sufficiently respected, we should ask ourselves whether we are living as we should.

The less you speak, the more you will hear.

The generation now coming out of Western schools is unable to distinguish good from bad. Even those words are unacceptable. This results in impaired thinking ability.

If a person can build a fence around himself, he is bound to do it.

I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russian literature. I got my education there, and it will last forever.