“Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die”

“There are certain words which are nearer and dearer to a man than any others.”

“The higher truths are, the more cautious one must be with them; otherwise, they are converted into common things, and common things are not believed.”

“Like all of us sinners, General Betrishchev was endowed with many virtues and many defects. Both the one and the other were scattered through him in a sort of picturesque disorder. Self-sacr...”

“Happy the writer who, passing by characters that are boring, disgusting, shocking in their mournful reality, approaches characters that manifest the lofty dignity of man, who from the great...”