Witty inspirations are the proverbs of the educated.

Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.

Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.

Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy.

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.

Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.

The main thing is to know something and to say it.

When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.

A priest is he who lives solely in the realm of the invisible, for whom all that is visible has only the truth of an allegory.

Your mind can be either your prison or your palace. What you make it is yours to decide

When the citizens of a nation have been made to love and adhere to values and virtues, then they make better choices.

When great changes occur in history when great principles are involved as a rule the majority are wrong.

The concentration in my book on Marie Antoinette's childhood and on her family influences. It is surprising how some books actually start with her arrival in France!

Effective prayer is the fruit of a relationship with God, not a technique for acquiring blessings.

In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for song or melody for the dance.

Keeping the head still is golf's one universal, unarguable fundamental.

Do you know that cats can't wear corsets? They can't stand! Not at all! They just fall over. I know because I tried!

If I did not love the things that I do, how could I spend my life doing this? You have to invest what you spend your life doing with pleasure.

I want to try everything.