If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

Nothing better forges a bond of love, friendship or respect than common hatred toward something.

It is depressing to hear the unfortunate or dying man jest.

If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there.

It is as acceptable now to love the wives of others as it is to smoke their cigars and read their books.

In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.