You make it sound wonderful, sir. Could I but be sure…” “Wait to be sure of anything and you will find yourself looking out through the sides of a fu… - L. Sprague de Camp

His voice had a hypnotic quality, which lulled one into a kind of passive daze. One ended with the impression that one had had a wonderful revelation but without remembering much of what the Master had actually said. Some of his assertions seem to contradict what others had told me of his doctrines; but I understood that he brought out a new doctrine every month or two, keeping his suckers too confused to think.

Ah! Here we be! 'Human beings most readily love others of their species who, alpha, do services for them; beta, flatter them; gamma, refrain from reproaching them for errors; and delta, cultivate good nature and ease of manner.'

When I met him in Antigoneia, he seemed a man of truly kingly quality."
Nikolaos, the full citizen, said: "If by kingly quality you mean cold-blooded treachery and murder, then Antigonos is your man.