What generally passes for 'thought' among the majority of mankind is the time one takes out to rearrange one's prejudices.

Rome is the city above all cities which loses most of its meaning to those who do not bring to it some historical sense, a decent knowledge of art, and a good amount of time. Rome therefore is particularly disturbing to an American.

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but, unlike charity, it should end there.

The best defense against a powerful and positive dynamic ideology is neither verbal attack nor criticism, which are useful, but to set up an equally powerful and dynamic ideology against it.

Nature abhors a virgin - a frozen asset.

Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.

Watergate is the great liberal illusion that you can have public virtue without private morality.