If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there.

There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you're angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you're asked.

Anna Petrovna: Never talk to women about your own good qualities. Let them find out for themselves.

A hungry dog believes in nothing but meat.

When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.'

If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there.

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.