If a man's aspirations towards a righteous life are serious.. .if he earnestly and sincerely seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food, because, not to mention the excitement of the passions produced by such food, it is plainly immoral, as it requires an act contrary to moral feeling, i. e., killing - and is called forth only by greed.

Great works of art are only great because they are accessible and comprehensible to everyone.

It is very difficult to tell the truth.

Art is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feeling.

Then he thought himself unhappy, but happiness was all in the future; now he felt that the best happiness was already in the past.

And all these people lived not by reason of any care they had for themselves, but by the love for them that was in other people.

No matter when, at whatever moment, if she were asked what she was thinking about she could reply quite correctly - one thing, her happiness and her unhappiness.