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

They don’t listen to me, they don’t hear me, they don’t see me.

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

Countless are, as the sand in the sea, the deep desires of men, and none resembles the other, and all of them, whether shameful, or great, in the beginning are obedient, but later become terrible masters over him.

Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?

[F]or contemporary judgment does not recognize that much depth of soul is needed to light up the picture drawn from contemptible life and elevate it into a pearl of creation.

There are passions that it is not for man to choose.