The wheels are turning, but the hamsters are all dead. Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig, you get dirty; and besides, the pig likes it.

A contract for better for worse is a contract that should not be tolerated.

My only policy is to profess evil and do good.

In literature the ambition of the novice is to acquire the literary language; the struggle of the adept is to get rid of it.

Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning.

Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity, and beauty as conspicuously as the want of it represents illness, weakness, disgrace, meanness, and ugliness.

After studying the Hungarian language for years, I can confidently conclude that had Hungarian been my mother tongue, it would have been more precious. Simply because through this extraordinary, ancient and powerful language it is possible to precisely describe the tiniest differences and the most secretive tremors of emotions.