We none of us talk to people as we do behind their backs.
[On writing:] What a difficult kind of work to choose! But of course one did not choose it. There was no choice.
Dear, dear, the miniature world of the family! All the emotions of mankind seem to find a place in it.
My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me.
A person who can really be called an unselfish person, has no place in life.
There is more difference within the sexes than between them.