“Never wear anything that panics the cat.”
“The only situation which might justify panic is one in which panic is likely to help. Such a situation never arises. Though pretended panic may sometimes cause a useful diversion, real panic can never be anything other than a waste of energy.”
“One should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening.”
“There is a beautiful transparency to honest disciples who never wear a false face and do not pretend to be anything but who they are.”
“Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.”
“If anything attacked us, we could just panic at it until it went away.”