Diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power.

When considering a man's motives, remember you must not measure his wheat with your bushel. He may not be using the same standard at all.

When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead.

Thinking is not always...comforting. It is always good, but not always comforting. Royal Assassin

I feared my own kind more than anything the natural world could ever threaten me with.

Very little worth knowing is taught by fear.

Most prisons are of our own making. A man makes his own freedom, too.