"There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible."

"When you stab a man, you stab him once; when you stab a woman, you stab her a thousand times."

"Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart."

"I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest."

"I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol."