Nikolay Karamzin

"Что наша жизнь? Роман. — Кто автор? Аноним. Читаем по складам — смеемся, плачем — спим."

"“Liza,” she said, “how perfect are the works of the creation. I have passed upwards of sixty years in admiration of the blessings of providence, and I still find new causes for our gratitude.”"

"True happiness can only be found in the paths of virtue."

"Those pedagogues were not then in existence, and secondly, the Russians in general knew little about books. They brought up their children as nature rears her plants."

"There is a critical moment in the calendar of love, and its power is infinite."