there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.

Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses's lap and began to purr. 'The creature oozes like a furry slug,' said Ramses, eyeing it without favor.

I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family." "Very boring, Emerson.

A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.

No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.

That's maturity-when you realize that you've finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.

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