All assassins had a full-length mirror in their rooms, because it would be a terrible insult to anyone to kill them when you were badly dressed.
A witch ought never to be frightened in the darkest forest, Granny Weatherwax had once told her, because she should be sure in her soul that the most terrifying thing in the forest was her.[Granny Weatherwax had once told her]
A wise ruler thinks twice before directing violence against someone because he does not approve of what they say.
A weapon you held and didn’t know how to use belonged to your enemy.
A spill word is a word that somebody almost says, but doesn’t.
A person ignorant of the possibility of failure can be a halfbrick in the path of the bicycle of history.
A metaphor is a kind o’ he to help people understand what’s true.
A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.
A man might spend his life peering at the private life of elementary particles and then find he either knew who he was or where he was, but not both.
A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on.
A key to the understanding of all religion is that a god’s idea of amusement is Snakes and Ladders with greased rungs.
A good plan isn’t one where someone wins, it’s where nobody thinks they’ve lost.
