The Smell of Banks

Vetinari: "The smell of banks is alway pleasing, don't you think? A mixture of polish and wealth." 

Moist: "And ursary." 

Vetinari: "That would be cruelty to bears. I suspect you mean usury."

Don't You Wonder

‘A thousand years ago we thought the world was a bowl,’ he said. ‘Five hundred years ago we knew it was a globe. Today we know it is flat and round and carried through space on the back of a turtle.’ He turned and gave the High Priest another smile. ‘Don’t you wonder what shape it will turn out to be tomorrow?’

Lord Vetinari, Terry Pratchett's "The Truth"