“A scholar has to know a little of everything.”
“The Council of Scholars has said that we all know the things which exist and therefore the things which are not known by all do not exist.”
“To do magic, to do great magic, he has to know himself as a piece of the universe.A piece of the universe?A little piece that has all the rest of it in it. Everything outside of him is also inside of him.”
“Winning may not be everything, but losing has little to recommend it.”
“When a woman has scholarly inclinations there is usually something wrong with her sexuality.”
“I should like to know if he has sunk a frigate, alone, with a Fleur-de-Nuit on his back; and as for distinction, my ancestors were scholars in China while his were starving in pits.”