You can't force folks to have good sense, even if they're family. Maybe especially then.

She who laughs last may not invariably laugh best, but she does laugh.

I’d much rather have good teeth than have diamonds and roses drop out of my mouth whenever I said something

He wasn't a medical doctor, just educated all the way up as far as you can get.

Of course it doesn't make sense." Lady Wendall said. "The rules of society rarely do.

Always be polite to a dragon. It's harder than it sounds. Dragon etiquette is incredibly complicated, and if you make a mistake, the dragon eats you.

In short, if we wish to see anything sensible done about the situation, we will clearly have to do it ourselves.