An honest man is all right even if he's an idiot...but a crook must have brains.

Talent I say is what an actor needs. And talent is faith in oneself, one's own powers.

Our salvation is in work, but let us also take delight in that work.

Even a bad man is better than a good book.

You must write for children the same way you write for adults, only better.

All human beings have gray little souls-and they all want to rouge them up.

With his own money a person can live as he likes-a ruble that's your own is dearer than a brother.

Every new time will give its law.

You will not drown the truth in seas of blood

The more a human creature has tasted of bitter things the more it hungers after the sweet things of life.

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

You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.

We ever long for visions of beauty, We ever dream of unknown worlds.

One word of praise from a woman is dearer to me than a whole ode from a man . .

Truth doesn't always heal a wounded soul.

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

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

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

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