Yes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The worst of it is that he's sometimes unexpectedly mortal—there's the trick!

Punch a man on the nose, kick an old man downstairs, shoot somebody or any old thing like that, that’s my job. But argue with women in love—no thank you!

Why try to pursue what is completed?

The darkness that had come in from the Mediterranean covered the city so detested by the procurator.

Not fooling around, not bothering nobody, just sitting here mending the Primus," said the cat with a hostile frown, "and, moreover, I consider it my duty to warn you that the cat is an ancient, inviolable animal.

I suppose that in no educational institution can one become an educated person.

You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself.