I do not know why one should not hunt two hares even in the literal sense.

They say that in the end truth will triumph, but it's a lie.

After a cigar or a glass of vodka you are no longer Peter Sorin, but Peter Sorin plus somebody else. Your ego breaks in two: you begin to think of yourself in the third person.

MEDVEDENKO: Why do you wear black all the time?MASHA: I’m in mourning for my life, I'm unhappy.

Country life has its advantages, he used to say. You sit on the veranda drinking tea and your ducklings swim on the pond, and everything smells good and there are gooseberries.

When one has no real life, one lives by mirages. It's still better than nothing.

Any idiot can face a crisis, it's day to day living that wears you out.

Doctors are the same as lawyers, the sole difference being that lawyers only rob you, but doctors rob you and kill you too.

You must trust and believe in people, or life becomes impossible.

Passion must be concealed in a society where cold reserve and indifference are the signs of good breeding.