The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.
Only one who loves can remember so well.
If there is a gun hanging on the wall in the first act, it must fire in the last.
In Russia there is no philosophy, but philosophize everything, even the small fry.
To harbor spiteful feelings against ordinary people for not being heroes is possible only for narrow-minded or embittered man.
One usually dislikes a play while writing it, but afterward it grows on one. Let others judge and make decisions.