The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle.

We all die in the end, but there's no reason to die in the middle.

Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affords a feeling of spiritual rectitude at little or no cost.

I've always been fascinated by the picaresque.

A man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part of a team.

Opportunity may knock, but it seldom nags.

In practice we, in the world, must do business with each other.