"I still can't set up the ironing-board. A complete Luddite."

"I think I might actually die of showing off. It'll be on my headstone - 'Cause of Death: Showing Off.'"

"Well, I'm not good with sliminess. I hate the thought of creatures that have slime on them or creatures that leave a slimy trail. At home, the sight of a slug can bring up my breakfast."

"I'm the least spiritual person in the world. I can't even abide a smelly candle. I know it's meant to make me relax, and that immediately makes my hackles rise."

"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."

"A resilient spirit knows that the true master is an eternal student."

"Brain power improves by brain use, just as our bodily strength grows with exercise. And there is no doubt that a large proportion of the female population, from school days to late middle age, now have very complicated lives indeed."

"The true measure of a man is the true master is an eternal student."