We are here and it is now. The way I see it is, after that, everything tends towards guesswork.

Verence would rather cut his own leg off than put a witch in prison, since it'd save trouble in the long run and probably be less painful.

If failure had no penalty success would not be a prize.

I imagine that fish have no word for water.

Mr Lipwig, there's a lady in the hall to see you and we've thanked her for not smoking three times and she's still doing it!

"It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever" he said. "Have you thought of going into teaching?"

And when the Patrician was unhappy, he became very democratic. He found intricate and painful ways of spreading that unhappiness as far as possible.