Though the doctors treated him, let his blood, and gave him medications to drink, he nevertheless recovered.

The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good.

Seize the moment of happiness... love and be loved.

In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning.

There can be no peace for us, only misery, and the greatest happiness.

Pierre looked into the sky, into the depths of the retreating, twinkling stars. "And all this is mine, and all this is in me, and all this is me!" thought Pierre. "And all this they've caught and put in a shed and boarded it up!

How can one be well...when one suffers morally?