In the end dreams became his life, and his whole life thereafter took a strange turn: one might say he slept while waking and watched while asleep.

There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.

Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.

It's the most righteous, which of course is not the same thing as the most profitable.

Let me warn you, if you start chasing after views, you'll be left without bread and without views.

What is stronger in us — passion or habit? Or are all the violent impulses, all the whirl of our desires and turbulent passions, only the consequence of our ardent age, and is it only through youth that they seem deep and shattering?

...and sank into the profound slumber which comes only to such fortunate folk as are troubled neither with mosquitoes nor fleas nor excessive activity of brain.