It's hard to be done a favor by a man you hate. It's hard to hate him so much afterwards. Losing an enemy can be worse than losing a friend, if you've had him for long enough.
Armour... is part of a state of mind... in which you admit the possibility... of being hit.
The fool strikes. The wise man smiles, and watches, and learns. Then strikes.
Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.
Truly, life is the misery we endure between disappointments.
Sometimes men change for the better. Sometimes men change for the worse. And often, very often, given time and opportunity . . .’ He waved his flask around for a moment, then shrugged. ‘They change back.