I have written much about many good places. But the best places of all, I have never mentioned.

Chastity is more a state of mind than of anatomy.

Some people write to please, to soothe, to console. Others to provoke, to challenge, to exasperate and infuriate. I've always found the second approach the more pleasing.

A true conservative must necessarily be a conservationist.

Longevity, like intelligence and good looks and health and strength of character, is largely a matter of genetic heritage. Choose your parents with care.

Democracy -- rule by the people -- sounds like a fine thing; we should try it sometime in America.

Apuleius married a rich widow, then wrote _The Golden Ass_.