Contemplation is wisdom's best nurse.

The best apology against false accusers is silence.

Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.

Hard are the ways of truth, and rough to walk.

Solitude sometimes is best society.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.

You can make hell out of heaven and heaven out of hell. It's all in the mind.

Where no hope is left, is left no fear.

The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.

Necessity and chance Approach not me, and what I will is fate.

He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king.

Cabbage soup and barley. They're Russia's national food. Both excellent in their way, but a shade monotonous.

Mistress-like, its brilliance vain, highly capricious and inane.

I do not like Moscow life. You live here not as you want to live, but as old women want you to.

Thank you, darling, for learning to play chess. It is an absolute necessity for any well organized family.

My dreams, my dreams! What has become of their sweetness? What indeed has become of my youth?

I am married and happy. My only wish is that nothing will change.

Two fixed ideas can no more exist together in the moral world than two bodies can occupy one and the same place in the physical world.