People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them. – Anton Chekhov
Doctors are just the same as lawyers the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too. – Anton Chekhov
You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible. – Anton Chekhov
The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on science and art are as well. – Anton Chekhov
There’s something like a line of gold thread running through a man’s words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself. – John Gregory Brown, Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery, 1994