To make a face from marble means to remove from the slab everything that is not the face

There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.

One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.

A hungry dog believes in nothing but meat.

Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don't have a passport.

Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.

Once a man gets a fixed idea, there's nothing to be done.