All supernaturalism is simply a scheme to enable a class of magicians called priests to live without working. - L. Sprague de Camp

The world is full of people who, if they got to Heaven, would complain about the tune of the harps and the dampness of the clouds.

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.

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.