All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

It is possible to live only as long as life intoxicates us; once we are sober we cannot help seeing that it is all a delusion, a stupid delusion.

Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.

One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to work and how to love.

Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.

One can often hear from the young people:" I do not want to live according to others` mind. I can think of it myself. " Why should one think of something, when it is already thought about. Take it and go farther, this is the strength of the mankind.

All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.