I do not like Moscow life. You live here not as you want to live, but as old women want you to.

Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions.

I am married and happy. My only wish is that nothing will change.

I do not like Moscow life. You live here not as you want to live, but as old women want you to.

Don't be sad, don't be angry, if life deceives you! Submit to your grief - your time for joy will come, believe me.

Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth.

Play interests me very much," said Hermann: "but I am not in the position to sacrifice the necessary in the hope of winning the superfluous.