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.

My love is like a stone tied round my neck; it's dragging me down to the bottom; but I love my stone. I can't live without it.

Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning.

Eyes - the head's chief of police. They watch and make mental notes.

Life has gone by as if I never lived

I should like to meet a philosopher like Nietzsche somewhere in a train or a steamer, and to spend the whole night talking to him. I consider his philosophy won't last long, however. It's more showy than convincing.

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