All the things of the wild have their proper uses. Only misuse makes them evil.

Too much trust is folly, in an imperfect world.

Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.

Youth is no less vulnerable, by the very quality it has of making the heart ache that beholds and has lost it.

One century's saint is the next century's heretic ... and one century's heretic is the next century's saint. It is as well to think long and calmly before affixing either name to any man.

Of all the reports that fly about the world, ill news is the surest of all to arrive!

The voices of cold reason were talking, as usual, to deaf ears.