The IQ of a mob is the IQ of its dumbest member divided by the number of mobsters.

However, you do need rules. Driving on the left (or the right or, in parts of Europe, on the left and the right as the mood takes you) is a rule which works, since following it means you're more likely to reach your intended rather than your final destination.

The girls were expected to grow up to be somebody's wife. They were also expected to read and write, those being considered soft indoor jobs that were too fiddly for the boys.

My character - and for that matter my worst habits - could only be described by someone else. You can't open a box with the crowbar inside it.

Granny was an old-fashioned witch. She didn’t do good for people, she did right by them.

First Sight means you can see what really is there, and Second Thoughts mean thinking about what you are thinking. And in Tiffany's case, there were sometimes Third Thoughts and Fourth Thoughts although these...sometimes led her to walk into doors.

Chain-mail isn't much defence against an arrow. It certainly isn't when the arrow is being aimed between your eyes.