"You never escape the traps you spin yourself. Only a greater power can break a power, and then you're trapped again. Trapped forever so you cannot die."

"The Wheel of Time and the wheel of a man's life turn alike without pity or mercy."

"How people see you first is what they hold hardest in their minds. It is the way of the world. You can step down from a throne], and even if you behave like a farmer in a pigsty, some part in each of them will remember that you did descend from a throne. But if they see only a young man first, a country man, they will resent him stepping up to his throne later, whatever his right, whatever his power."

"A man's dreams are a maze even he cannot know."

"What you need isn’t always what you want."

"If wishes were wings, pigs would fly."

"You must surrender before you can guide."

"The best way to avoid trouble is to make sure no one wants to trouble you."

"A man without trust might as well be dead."

"First things first; take care of what can be done now before worrying too long over what might never be."

"There was a price to be paid for any decision he made. There was a price for who he was. Other people paid it."

"A man must know when to retreat from a woman, but a wise man knows that sometimes he must stand and face her."

"Pride fills me. I am sick with the pride that destroyed me."

"We hear less, Davram Bashere, but perhaps sometimes we see more."

"If I could find a way to escape my destiny, do I deserve to?"

"What is too absurd to believe is believed because it is too absurd to be a lie."

"We are all fools sometimes, child, yet a wise woman learns to limit how often."

"The pike does not ask the frog’s permission before dining."

"What can’t be changed must be endured."

"An arrow may not be a shocklance, yet it can still kill you."

"No man should have another man's voice in his head."

"Dance well with a woman, and she’s halfway yours."

"Dance with her, and she will forgive much; dance well, and she will forgive anything."

"A woman’s eyes cut deeper than a knife."

"Men believe the worst easily, and women believe it hides something still darker."

"Victors write history."

"The only way to live is to die. I must die. I deserve only death."

"Clutch the bramble and you will be pricked."

"The best way to apologize to a man is to trip him in a secluded part of the garden."

"A slow horse does not always reach the end of the journey."

"The lions sing and the hills take flight. The moon by day, and the sun by night. Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool. Let the Lord of Chaos rule."

"It’s too late to change your mind after you’ve jumped off the cliff."

"There’s no point letting honey age too long before you eat it."

"Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your losses too long."

"If you are not mine, then you are dead."

"Stopping a man from what he wants to do is like taking a sweet from a child. Sometimes you have to do it, but sometimes it just isn’t worth the trouble."

"I’m no lord. I’ve more respect for myself than that."

"It was easier to trip a fool than to knock him down."

"I would burn the world and use my soul for tinder to hear her laugh again."

"I will see you tonight. Or I will see you dead."

""Wish" and "want" trip the feet, but "is" makes the path smoother."

"Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack."

"The fox often offers the duck its pond."

"The louder a man tells you he’s honest, the harder you must hold onto your purse."

"I can rest when I’m dead."

"Never gamble without knowing a back way out."

"Never kiss a girl whose brothers have knife scars."

"If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips."

"Even a queen stubs her toe, but a wise woman watches the path."