In truth man is made rather to eat ices than to pore over old texts.

Word-carpentry is like any other kind of carpentry: you must join your sentences smoothly.

Armenia is dying, but it will survive. The little blood that it still has left is precious blood that will give birth to a heroic generation. A nation that does not want to die, does not die.

One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me.

There are no bad books any more than there are ugly women.

I do not know any reading more easy, more fascinating, more delightful than a catalogue.

We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent.