Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.

And what does it mean -- dying? Perhaps man has a hundred senses, and only the five we know are lost at death, while the other ninety-five remain alive.

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.

An actress without talent, forty years old, ate a partridge for dinner, and I felt sorry for the partridge, for it occurred to me that in its life it had been more talented, more sensible, and more honest than the actress.

To advise is not to compel.

In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!

It always seems to the brothers and the father that their brother or son didn't marry the right person.