All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. All intellectual and artistic ambitions are permissible, up to and even beyond the limit of prudent sanity. They can hurt no one.

The last thing a woman will consent to in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.

All roads are long which lead to one's heart's desire.

Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don't be afraid to follow it.

Don't you forget what's divine in the Russian soul and that's resignation.

Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.

I slipped the book into my pocket. I assure you to leave off reading was like tearing myself away from the shelter of an old and solid friendship.