One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one is thinking of firing it.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

People should be beautiful in every way - in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

That’s a bit sweeping. Sometimes it takes a while to find out how good or bad something has been.

To, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

Love is like the wild-rose briar Friendship is like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose briar blooms But which will bloom most constantly?

God's way of dealing with us is to throw us into situations over our depth, then supply us with the necessary ability to swim.

Disappointments are inevitable; discouragement is a choice.

Sometimes thou seem'st not as thyself alone, But as the meaning of all things that are.

It takes a genius to whine appealingly.

Hallowed be thy name, oh Lord -- and shotgun do your stuff

Honey, I plan to marry you the moment the ink is dry on that death certificate.

I think it's important to have an experienced writer or editor critique your work to get it ready to pitch an agent.