Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses.

Let most men have a finger and they will have the whole hand before you know. Let a clan cheif have a finger and he will have the entire arm.

The Creator made women to please the eye, and to boggle the mind.

One pretty woman means fun at the dance. Two pretty women means trouble in the house. Three pretty women means run at the hills.

And yet many of us do it without families," Nynaeve said. "Without love, without passion beyond our own particular interests. So even while we try to guide the world, we separate ourselves from it.We risk arrogance, Egwene. We always assume we know best, but risk making ourselves unable to fathom the people we claim to serve.

A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy.

Duty is heavy as a mountain, death is light as a feather.