"Best fishing in troubled waters."

"Think of a frog as a functional machine designed to produce baby frogs. This is the Darwinian view, and is …"

"There's no such thing as dead languages, only dormant minds."

"All the food chemists in the system will never do better than evolution at making a decent tea leaf."

"'Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion."

"The reason why Proshka wore such large boots can be explained at once: Plyushkin kept only one pair of boot…"

"Grudge no expense — yield to no opposition — forget fatigue — till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice…"