As an old soldier, I admit the cowardice: it's as universal as seasickness, and matters just as little.

Life is too short for men to take it seriously.

Schools must not become the agencies through which propaganda advocated by any section of society is spread. The method of control always a crucial problem should be in harmony with the fundamental values and principles of the states and the entire e

My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is never seen by his clients, he need not dress respectably.

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

You know, Tolstoy, like myself, wasn't taken in by superstitions like science and medicine.

The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.