At the door of every happy person there should be a man with a hammer whose knock would serve as a constant reminder of the existence of unfortunate people.

Dear, sweet, unforgettable childhood!

I am dying. I haven't drunk champagne for a long time.

If there is a gun hanging on the wall in the first act, it must fire in the last.

If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.

To believe in God is not hard. Inquisitors, Byron and Arakcheev believed in Him. No, believe in man!

My mistress has come home; at last I've seen her. Now I'm ready to die.