Honor to the earth," the abbot said, "honor to the dead in the passing of the year; honor to the living, in the coming of the new. A Great Year passes tonight. A new one begins. Let the good that is old continue and let the rest perish.

Deal with the Devil if the Devil has a constituency - and don't complain about the heat.

A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.

Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed!

I most fear stupid people. Stupid people will do anything. Truly smart people will do only what is logical for them to do.

Average people didn't analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction.

Inevitably the party trying to resolve a matter had to contend with the party most willing to exploit it.