Verily, the great man finds gold and rubies more easily come by than true friendship. - L. Sprague de Camp

I have deeply studied the female mind. Somewhat to my surprise, I found it, not the same as the male, but on balance quite as able.

There was no harder-boiled materialist than I; I rejected Marxism as too mystical and not materialistic enough.

The Knossians did not like to give up piracy themselves; in fact, many of their young men went elsewhere to enlist in piratical crews. However, they loved an excuse to meddle in the other cities’ affairs; for, next to robbery on the high seas, cutting their neighbors’ throats is the greatest joy of the Cretans.