Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

The philosopher is Nature's pilot. And there you have our difference: to be in hell is to drift: to be in heaven is to steer.

Every Englishman believes that Handel now occupies an important position in heaven. If so, le bon Dieu must feel toward him very much as Louis Treize felt toward Richelieu.

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.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

It is not pleasure that makes life worth living. It is life that makes pleasure worth having.