Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
Anna Petrovna: Never talk to women about your own good qualities. Let them find out for themselves.