It's not unsporting to thrash a cowardly cad,' said Simmons. 'Everyone knows you don't fight like a gentleman.' 'That might be called an oxymoron,' Ramses said. 'Oh--sorry. Bad form to use long words. Look it up when you get home.' The poor devil didn't know how to fight, like a gentleman or otherwise.

If all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government.

The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.--Ameila Peabody

It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.

The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal - or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.

Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.

I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.