The knife flaying the elephant does not have to be large, only sharp!
A treasure...at the top of any list of fantasy to be cherished.
As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.
Rumor ... often is fathered and mothered by false reports.
Victory belong to the most persevering.
... we are each shaped from our birth, not only by the blood and inheritance that lies behind us, but also by those we love and by whom we are loved in turn, by the knowledge given to our thirsty minds, to the learning of ourselves.