The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.

Men now monopolize the upper levels... depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence.

Every man serves a useful purpose: a miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor.

Against logic there is no armor like ignorance.

In spite of warnings, nothing much happens until the status quo becomes more painful than change.

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.

Few of us ever test our powers of deduction, except when filling out an income tax form