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I swear to you, sitting a throne is a thousand times harder than winning one.

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They say it grows so cold up here in winter that a man’s laughter freezes in his throat and chokes him to death,” Ned said evenly. “Perhaps that is wh...more

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They’re both bungholes who think they’re too noble to shit,

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Never believe anything you hear at a woman’s tit.

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All these kings would do a deal better if they would put down their swords and listen to their mothers.

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It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.

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He who hurries through life hurries to his grave.

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There’s always a bear,

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No man should live longer than his teeth.