All of us are pilgrims on this earth. I've even heard people say that the earth itself is a pilgrim in the heavens.

One has to be able to count if only so that at fifty one doesn't marry a girl of twenty.

Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children.

Jail doesn't teach anyone to do good, nor Siberia, but a man-yes! A man can teach another man to do good-believe me!

If it is true that only misfortune can awaken a man's soul, it is a bitter truth, one that is hard to hear and accept, and it is only natural that many people deny it and say it is better for a man to live on in a trance than to wake up to torture.

Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.

The most beautiful words in the English language are 'not guilty'.