And do you know, do you know that mankind can live without the Englishman, it can live without Germany, it can live only too well without the Russian man, it can live without science, without bread, and it only cannot live without beauty, for then there would be nothing at all to do in the world! The whole secret is here, the whole of history is here. Science itself would not stand for a minute without beauty

A true friend of mankind whose heart has but once quivered in compassion over the sufferings of the people, will understand and forgive all the impassable alluvial filth in which they are submerged, and will be able to discover the diamonds in the filth.

The chief thing is to love others like yourself, that's the chief thing, and that's everything; nothing else is wanted - you will find out at once how to arrange it all.

The perpetration of a crime is accompanied by illness!

It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.

Gambling is a most foolish and imprudent pursuit.

They were renewed by love; the heart of each held infinite sources of life for the heart of the other.