Writers build castles in the air, the reader lives inside, and the publisher inns the rent..

When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid..

Our most merciless enemy is our past..

Silence is terrible and painful only to those who have said all and have nothing more to speak of; but to those who never had anything to say— to the….

When the life is monotonous , even grief is a welcome event..

Truth doesn't always heal a wounded soul..

A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains..

Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man..

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is..

When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery..

The higher goal a person pursues, the quicker his ability develops, and the more beneficial he will become to the society. I believe for sure that th….

Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself..

Politics is the soil in which the nettle of poisonous enmity, evil suspicions, shameless lies, slander, morbid ambitions, and disrespect for the indi….

Only mothers can think of the future - because they give birth to it in their children..

To speak the truth is the most difficult of all arts, for in its "pure" form, not connected with the interests of individuals, groups, classes, or na….

Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong..

In the carriages of the past, you can't go anywhere..

When a woman gets married it is like jumping into a hole in the ice in the middle of winter: you do it once and you remember it the rest of your days..

Remembrance of the past kills all present energy and deadens all hope for the future.

The most beautiful words in the English language are 'not guilty'..

Two forces are succesfully influencing the education of a cultivated man: art and science. Both are united in the book..