Every ant knows the formula of its ant-hill, every bee knows the formula of its beehive. They know it in their own way, not in our way. Only humankind does not know its own formula.

Eh, brother, but nature has to be corrected and guided, otherwise we'd all drown in prejudices. Without that there wouldn't be even a single great man.

Whatever distinguishes one lump of flesh from another when we're alive, we're all the same once we're dead. Just used-up shells.

Actions are sometimes performed in a masterly and most cunning way, while the direction of the actions is deranged and dependent on various morbid impressions - it's like a dream.

For men are made for happiness, and any one who is completely happy has a right to say to himself, 'I am doing God's will on earth.'

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

And if there's love, you can do without happiness too. Even with sorrow, life is sweet.