With his own money a person can live as he likes-a ruble that's your own is dearer than a brother.

There is no one on earth more disgusting and repulsive than he who gives alms. Even as there is no one so miserable as he who accepts them.

Talent I say is what an actor needs. And talent is faith in oneself, one's own powers.

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.

This fear is what is the ruin of us all. And some dominate us; they take advantage of our fear and frighten us still more. Mark this: as long as people are afraid, they will rot like the birches in the marsh. We must grow bold; it is time!

An honest man is all right even if he's an idiot...but a crook must have brains.

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