It is always "Youth, youth," when there is nothing else to be said.

Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism.

I don't like being successful; the subjects which sit in my head are annoyed and jealous of what has already been written.

To advise is not to compel.

Who keeps the tavern and serves up the drinks? The peasant. Who squanders and drinks up money belonging to the peasant commune, the school, the church? The peasant. Who would steal from his neighbor, commit arson, and falsely denounce another for a bottle of vodka? The peasant.

Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.

We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.