Still waters run deep. All things change until we wake. Dreams drift in the wind.

On the heights, all paths are paved with daggers. -Old Seanchan saying

We all make our limits, and we set them further out than we have any right.

A wise ruler takes advice, but should never be seen to take it. Let them think you know more than you do. It will not harm them, and it will help you.

Tuon's eyes snapped open, and despite the dim light, she focused directly on Mat. She saw the knife in his hand, ready to throw. Then she looked over her shoulder.

Strange clothes you wear, Child of the Dragon. Has the Wheel turned so far? Do the People of the Dragon return to the first Covenant? But you wear a sword. That is neither now nor then.

The people seemed nearly ostentatious about minding their own business.