Hat = wizard, wizard = hat. Everything else is frippery.
Vimes's lack of interest in other people's children was limitless.
In the world I live in, 'not worse' is nearly as good as 'better'.
It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.
Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong.
All assassins had a full-length mirror in their rooms, because it would be a terrible insult to anyone to kill them when you were badly dressed.