I give dignity second place to expedience. - Jack Vance

She flushed, her eyes sparkled. “So—you laugh at me!”
After an instant of contemplation Joe asked, “Don’t you ever laugh at yourself?”
“No. Of course not.”
“Try it sometime.”

He’s like an imbecile with a pepper shaker; a little makes his food taste good, therefore a lot will make it wonderful.

"What are your fees?" inquired Guyal cautiously.
"I respond to three questions," stated the augur. "For twenty terces I phrase the answer in clear and actionable language; for ten I use the language of cant, which occasionally admits of ambiguity; for five, I speak a parable which you must interpret as you will; and for one terce, I babble in an unknown tongue."