For the salvation of his soul the Muslim digs a well. It would be a fine thing if each of us were to leave behind a school, or a well, or something of the sort, so that life would not pass by and retreat into eternity without a trace.

I've never been in love. I've dreamt of it day and night, but my heart is like a fine piano no one can play because the key is lost.

If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.

I think that it would be less difficult to live eternally than to be deprived of sleep throughout life.

If many remedies are prescribed for an illness you can be sure it has no cure

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

Every coming year is as bad as the previous one, the only difference being that in most cases it is even worse.