It is not only the prisoners who grow coarse and hardened from corporal punishment, but those as well who perpetrate the act or are present to witness it.

You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.

A hungry dog believes in nothing but meat.

There ought to be a man with a hammer behind the door of every happy man.

A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.

Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.

Then I feel so happy and at the same time so sad, it's unimaginable.