An artist is a man who digests his own subjective impressions and knows how to find a general objective meaning in them, and how to express them in a convincing form.

Many contemporary authors drink more than they write.

But I'm not to be caught with such poor bait! I'm a big fish, I am.

Truth doesn't always heal a wounded soul.

You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.

Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.

When a woman gets married it is like jumping into a hole in the ice in the middle of winter: you do it once and you remember it the rest of your days.