"My clever baton holds your unnatural sorcery in abeyance."

"I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise."

"Your vision exceeds your practicality: often the case with a musician."

"Guyal reined his horse and reflected that flowers were rarely cherished by persons of hostile disposition."

"His brain ached with the want of knowing."

"Enter, my friend, enter. How goes your trade?" "In all candor, not too well," said Cugel. "I am both perplexed and di…"

"I can tell you this at least. The most convincing disguise for legitimacy is legitimacy itself."

"Never neglect the wonder of conscious existence, which too soon comes to an end!"

"What are your fees?" inquired Guyal cautiously. "I respond to three questions," stated the augur. "For twenty terces …"

"Yes, I realize that I see but a semblance, but so do you, and who is to say which is real?"