Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.

If you cry 'forward', you must without fail make plain in what direction to go.

Solomon made a big mistake when he asked for wisdom.

And only now, when he was gray-haired, had he fallen in love properly, thoroughly, for the first time in his life.

In descriptions of nature one must seize on small details, grouping them so that when the reader closes his eyes he gets a picture.

Our pride and self-importance are European, while our development and actions are Asiatic.

A sweet lie is more gracious for us than a virulent but real truth.