“The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them.”

“All men are fools, if truth be told, but the ones in motley are more amusing than ones with crowns.”

“You are an honest and honorable man...Ofttimes I forget that. I have met so few of them in my life.”

“Now here is a riddle,” Melisandre said. “A clever fool and a foolish wise man.”

“Only a fool would ever claim she was more beautiful than I. The world was full of fools, however.”

“Power resides only where men believe it resides. [...] A shadow on the wall, yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow.”

“There have always been men who found it easier to speak vows than to keep them.”