From the self-confidence with which he spoke no one could tell whether what he said was very clever or very stupid.

Since corrupt people unite amongst themselves to constitute a force, then honest people must do the same.

It is not beauty that endears, it's love that makes us see beauty.

Both salvation and punishment for man lie in the fact that if he lives wrongly he can befog himself so as not to see the misery of his position.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.

To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business.

A Russian should rejoice if Poland, the Baltic Provinces, Finland, Armenia, should be separated, freed from Russia; so with an Englishman in regard to Ireland, India and other possessions; and each should help to do this, because the greater the state, the more wrong and cruel is its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded. Therefore, if we really wish to be what we profess to be, we must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening, and help this forward with all our might.