"His brain ached with the want of knowing."

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

"Cease the bickering! I am indulging the exotic whims of a beautiful princess and must not be distracted."