Cats always pick the laps of the people who don't like them.

There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.

I knew the answer, and--of course--so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.

kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.

To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.

Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point

I would not be at all surprised to find that it was for gold that Cain committed the first murder. (It happened a very long time ago, and Holy Writ, though no doubt divinely inspired, is a trifle careless about details. God is not a historian).