It is quite uninteresting; that is why one comes out."
— Temeraire, on being inside an egg

I do not think you are in any danger of starving," Maximus said. "The surgeon said only two weeks ago that you are too fat."

"The devil!" Berkley said indignantly, sitting up; and Maximus snorted in amusement at having provoked him.

I needn’t be offended every time I have to look at you

Next you will cry about taxation without representation, and throw a basket of tea into the harbor. You are indeed a very Jacobin at heart, and I think I must give up trying to cure you of it; I can but wash my hands and deny responsibility

Gentleness shown once is mercy, shown twice is folly.

Justice is expensive. That is why there is so little of it, and it is reserved for those few with enough money and influence to afford it.