Think of something clever, witty or profound, keep it short and people may quote you.

What the hell makes you smart?" I asked.
"I wouldn't go for coffee with you."
"Listen - I wouldn't ask you."
"That," she replied, "is what makes you stupid.

I'd sneer and tell him he's got the cerebral finesse of an amoeba and delight in his squint of confusion.

I looked up in curiosity. Behind us stood the Brown and Eagle Wool Warehouse and Schneider's Cap Factory, both constructed with that wholehearted devotion to industry that sullied the word architecture.

One thing I can say for sure is that she was very clever. Not in the way others expect you to be – intelligent, witty and concise, but in the way people should be: creative and consistent.

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.