I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.

Writing a book is an adventure.

One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.

One ought to be just before one is generous

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything except a politician or an official, a society where enterprise gains no reward and thrift no privileges

Preposition: An enormously versatile part of grammar, as in 'What made you pick this book I didn't want to be read to out of up for?'