One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one is thinking of firing it.

Capital punishment kills immediately, whereas lifetime imprisonment does so slowly. Which executioner is more humane? The one who kills you in a few minutes, or the one who wrests your life from you in the course of many years?

I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.

To live simply to die is by no means amusing, but to live with the knowledge that you will die before your time, that's really is idiotic

It's easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.

A sweet lie is more gracious for us than a virulent but real truth.

For God's sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.