Aliens don't get stuck in air ducts. It's practically a well-known fact.

but what should we do when the highborn and wealthy take to crime? Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger, how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man who breaks the law out of greed?

Everyone is reading what they like and that's a good thing.

Lord Vetinari lifted an eyebrow with the care of one who, having found a piece of caterpillar in his salad, raises the rest of the lettuce.

Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point MY POINT EXACTLY.

...it is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done.

Even our fears make us feel important, because we fear we might not be.