• Women always think that if they tell a man not to be pompous that will shut him up, but I am an old hand at that game. I know that if a man bides his time his moment will come.

    Robertson Davies: Women always think that if they tell a man not to be pompous that will shut him up, but I am an old hand at that game. I know that if a man bides his time his moment will come.
    "High Spirits: A Collection of Ghost Stories". Book by Robertson Davies, 1982.