Cara waggled a hand over the two of them. "It works better with your clothes off." Richard frowned. His voice came as a hoarse croak. "What?" She seemed mystified by the question. "I believe you will find such things work better without clothes." She put her hands to her hips. "I thought you would know at least that much.

Others made you into who you were. You made yourself into what you have become.

People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People’s heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool.

Enemies,' the wizard said, 'are the price of honour.

Only those you trust can betray you" ~ Nathan

no army has ever marched into battle thinking that the Creator had sided with their enemy.

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