" But remember, that for every cheating wife in Botswana, there are five hundred and fifty cheating husbands."

Mma Makutsi whistled. "That is an amazing figure," she said. "Where did you read that?"

"Nowhere," chuckled Mma Ramotswe. "I made it up. But that doesn't stop it from being true. "

― Alexander McCall Smith , Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #2)