Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry gets the best of the argument.
Richard WhatelyMen first make up their minds (and the smaller the mind the sooner made up), and then seek for the reasons; and if they chance to stumble upon a good reason, of course they do not reject it. But though they are right, they are only right by chance.
Richard WhatelyWomen never reason, or, if they do, they either draw correct inferences from wrong premises, or wrong inferences from correct premises; and they always poke the fire from the top.
Richard Whately