Etiquette and Espionage

Algebra was far more interesting when it was a matter of proportioning out mutton chops so as to poison only half of one’s dinner guests and then determining the relative value of purchasing a more expensive, yet more effective, antidote over a home remedy.

It's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time.

It's no good choosing first husband from a school for evil geniuses. They are much too difficult to kill.