"It is better to be a victim than an executioner."

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

"Heavy art thou, cap of Monomakh!"

"I am a great admirer of the French language, and I believe it is the most beautiful language in the world."

"To “seek inspiration” has always seemed to me a ridiculous and absurd fancy: inspiration cannot be sought out; it must find the poet."