“The wit of a family is usually best received among strangers.”

“The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.”

“You see I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad things that happened to me.”

“Nowadays, as before, the public declaration and confession of Orthodoxy is usually encountered among dull-witted, cruel and immoral people who tend to consider themselves very important. Whereas intelligence, honesty, straightforwardness, good-naturedness and morality are qualities usually found among people who claim to be non-believers.”

“With total strangers, it had always been my policy to expect the worst. Usually they-and those that you knew best, for that matter-did not disappoint.”

“There're times when strangers are like family, and family are like strangers”