Reasoning is the pastime of my whole household, and all this reasoning has driven out Reason.

The road is long fro the project to its completion.

It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don't want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.

People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.

Everything that's prose isn't verse and everything that isn't verse is prose. Now you see what it is to be a scholar!

Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate's affection.

It is a long road from conception to completion.