In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because--I don't know why.

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

I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.

We old bachelors smell like dogs, do we? So be it. But I must take issue with your claim that doctors who treat female illnesses are womanizers and cynics at heart. Gynecologists deal with savage prose the likes of which you have never dreamed of.

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

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.

A woman is fascinated not by art but by the noise made by those in the field.