"Play interests me very much," said Hermann: "but I am not in the position to sacrifice the necessary in the hope of winning the superfluous."

"Oh, how many discoveries does the spirit of enlightenment prepare for us!"

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

"I hate tyranny, I hate slavery."

"The world is full of wonders, but man is the greatest wonder of all."