Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.

There was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay in store. The figure that stood in the door was not that of an enemy. It was worse. It was his mother.

Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.

Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.

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

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.

Ramses had always been fond of Helen, in his peculiar fashion, but if he had looked at me as he was looking at her, I would have sent for a constable.