"Humanity has a right to the truth, and no one has a right to deprive it of the truth."

"It is easier to make a saint out of a libertine than out of a cold and respectable man."

"Respect for the elderly is the first sign of civilization."

"The higher the spiritual development of a people, the more clearly it perceives its own defects."

"The aim of art is not to solve a problem, but to state a problem correctly."