Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

If you want to be wrong then follow the masses.

I am a Citizen of the World, and my Nationality is Goodwill.

Trust not a woman when she weeps, for it is her nature to weep when she wants her will.

A woman may get to love by degrees—the best fire does not flare up the soonest.

He cleared his throat. "I did get carried away with you. Couldn't help myself. And when I said it wouldn't happen again..." He risked skimming his fingers up her smooth shin. "I hope I lied.

God, who preferred the correction rather than the death of a sinner, did not desire that a homicide be punished by the exaction of another act of homicide.

A Hot Fudge Sundae and a trashy novel is my idea of heaven.

I had a tremendous horror of going into the Army. That is probably why I went to college for so long.

I'm a millionaire, but I cut the grass. And each time I cut it, it's my grass. And that is satisfying.

At least the Pilgrim Fathers used to shoot Indians: the Pilgrim Children merely punch time clocks.

Economics is not politics. One is a science, concerned with the immutable and constant laws of nature that determine the production and distribution of wealth; the other is the art of ruling.

Retain a calm heart, sit like a turtle, walk swiftly like a pigeon, and sleep like a dog

Government is not the problem, and government is not the solution. We - the American people - we are the solution.