If you were going to be successful in the world of crime, you needed a reputation for honesty.

If I were you, I'd sue my face for slander.

Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote.

Be one of the crowd? It went against everything a wizard stood for, and a wizard would not stand for anything if he could sit down for it, but even sitting down, you had to stand out.

In return for an agreed level of crime per annum the thieves themselves saw to it that unauthorized crime was met with the full force of Injustice, which was generally a stick with nails in it.

Little crimes breed big crimes. You smile at little crimes and then big crimes blow your head off.