Men are not governed by justice, but by law or persuasion. When they refuse to be governed by law or persuasion, they have to be governed by force or fraud, or both.

Compassion is the fellow-feeling of the unsound.

Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us.

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.

The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty.

Blasphemy and sedition (meaning the truth about Church and State).

I wish people would stop talking about my birthday.