Russian ladies, for the most part, cherish only Platonic love, without mingling any thought of matrimony with it; and Platonic love is exceedingly embarrassing.

Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.

I was ready to love the whole world, but no one understood me, and I learned to hate.

Afraid of decision, I buried my finer feelings in the depths of my heart and they died there.

An unusual beginning must have an unusual end.

He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace.

Women love only those whom they do not know!

We almost always forgive those we understand.

What is this eternity to me without you? What is the infinity of my domains? Empty ringing words, A spacious temple - without a divinity!

I was born, so that the whole world could be a spectatorOf my triumph or my doom.

In the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.

Disunion by force is treason.

Timidity is the root of prudence in the majority of men.

Abe Lincoln died because he stood for liberty and truth.

I don't believe anyone that I know in the administration ever said that Iraq had nuclear weapons.

There are alternate definitions of manhood in the West.

I started to build barriers between myself and others to protect myself.

You know you knit too much when ... You will check out a book from the library just because you heard that one of the characters knits.

Truth is inner harmony.

The mind is the source of all experience, and by changing the direction of the mind, we can change the quality of everything we experience.