Commercial society regards people as bundles of appetites, a conception that turns human beings inside out, leaving nothing to be regarded as inherently private.

Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.

As has been said, standards are always out of date - that is why we call them standards.

The great task of life is transmission: the task of transmitting the essential tools and graces of life from our parents to our children

The almost erotic pleasure of spending money that others have earned and saved is one reason people put up with the tiresome aspects of political life.

On a throne at the center of a sense of humor sits a capacity for irony. All wit rests on a cheerful awareness of life's incongruities. It is a gentling awareness, and no politician without it should be allowed near power.

Most presidents come to Washington bright as freshly minted dimes and leave much diminished.