Nothing gained without cost is valued. Freedom has a cost, and all will bear it so all will value and preserve it.

People need an enemy to feel a sense of purpose.

Everyone has an effect on others. Some people inspire others to do great things. Some take people into crime with them. Those with the gift affect those around them even more.

Everybody knows it. Wizards are supposed to have beards. It's common knowledge.

...Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie.

...you'll find that being a friend is to like a person for who they are, even the parts you don't understand. You don't have to understand, or do the same, or live their lives for them. If you truly care for them, then you want them to be who they are; that was why you liked them in the first place.

Do you hate me because I have magic?" "Of course not." "Do you love me despite my magic?" He thought a minute. "No. I love everything about you, and your magic is part of you. That was how I got past the Confessor's magic. If I had loved you despite your power, I wouldn't have been accepting you for who you are. Your magic would have destroyed me.