True wisdom is to know the extent of what you don't know quite as well as you know what you do know.
All I want is that Americans still be able to read the alphabet in a hundred years. I am not very ambitious.
In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.
The only absolute attainment is absolute abandonment.
He's a full-fledged housewife from Kansas with all the prejudices.
Rome ... at its most decadent, had never thought of hiring an actor to go through the motions of being an emperor while the Praetorian Guard ruled.