The saying, "The Magyar is much too lazy to be bored," is worth thinking about. Only the most subtle and active animals are capable of boredom.--A theme for a great poet would be God's boredom on the seventh day of creation.

In song and dance, man forgets how to walk and speak and is on the way into flying into the air, dancing... his very gestures express enchantment.

Has a woman who knew she was well-dressed ever caught a cold?

the voice of beauty speaks softly; it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls

What saved me then? Nothing but pregnancy. And each time after I had given birth to my work my life hung suspended by a thin thread.

Chastity is a virtue with some, but with many it is almost a vice.

Smooth iceis paradisefor those who dance with expertise.