The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
Genius is talent provided with ideals.
Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger.
Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
The humour of Dostoievsky is the humour of a barloafer who ties a kettle to a dog's tail.
The novel may stimulate you to think. It may satisfy your aesthetic sense. It may arouse your moral emotions. But if it does not entertain you it is a bad novel.