“Good music always defeats bad luck.”

“I understand the gist of your speculation,' said Rhialto. 'It is most likely nuncupatory.”

“I am not Cugel the Clever for nothing!”

“One becomes sated with platitudes no less than honey, so that one often breaks another's bones in one's vexation.”

“Twango's hospitality, though largely symbolic, does him credit.”

“Until work has reached its previous stage nympharium privileges are denied to all.”

“Civilisation and the life of nations are governed by the same laws as prevail throughout nature and organic life.”

“So the next day I asked Dan how is it that Bubba can get killed, and what kind of half assed nature law would allow that. He thought about it for a while, and said, 'Well, I'll tell you, Forrest, a...”

“It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.”