No one should waste a day.

There is no doubt the charge was an awful gamble and that no normal precautions were possible. The issue as far as I was concerned had to be left to Fortune or to God - or to whatever may decide these things. I am content and shall not complain.

I myself find waiting more tiring than action.

Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.

In Russia a man is called reactionary if he objects to having his property stolen and his wife and children murdered.

Writing ... it begins as an amusement, then it becomes a mistress, then a master, and finally a tyrant.

Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.