Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.

Has anyone ever told you that you should wear a hat? It would fit the missing eye quite well.' -Kathana to Mat

Why, that's like being told to go up in the hills to find lions, only you do not know whether there are any lions, but if there are, they may be hunting you, and they may be disguised as bushes. Oh, and if you find any lions, try not to let them eat you before you can tell where they are. -Elayne

A pig painted gold is still a pig.

All was shattered, and all but memory lost, and one memory above all others, of him who brought the Shadow and the Breaking of the World. And him they named Dragon.

Should and would build no bridges.

By the way, I saved Moiraine. Chew on that as you try to decide which of the two of us is winning." -Mat