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

In the maxim of the past you cannot go anywhere.

Politics is something similar to the lower physiological functions, with the unpleasant difference that political functions are unavoidably carried out in public.

When one loves somebody, everything is clear - where to go, what to do - it all takes care of itself and one doesn't have to ask anybody about anything.

What can you do by killing? Nothing. You kill one dog, the master buys another-that's all there is to it.

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

When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.