It is a wise man who knows when to speak and what to say. Here are some proverbs, use them wisely young one:

• Shin'a'in
• Tayledras
• Kaled'a'in
• Valdemar
• Karsite
• Gryphons
• Kyree
• Hertasi
• Book of One
• Quotes From Mercedes Lackey's Book Signings
• Wizard Rules
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Shin'a'in
  • An enemy's nose is always keener than your own.
  • Find your enemy's enemy. For the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
  • A slighted friend is more dangerous than an enemy. (Tarma)
  • Better an honest enemy than a feigned friend.
  • If the enemy is within firing range, so are you.
  • Just because you feel certain an enemy is lurking behind every bush, it doesn't follow that you are wrong.
  • When you do not like to fight, change the rules.
  • Friendly fire, isn't.
  • Never throw your best knife at your foe.
  • You can kill a man who wished to destroy you with a handful of maggots if you must
  • Never sit with your back to the door. And know where all the exits are.
  • Watch the reflections. Watch the shadows.
  • Keep your hands free and your weapons loose.
  • Never sit down to eat with your sword at your side--strap it to your back for a faster draw.
  • Every scar is a lesson remembered.
  • Professionals are predictable, but the world is full of amateurs. (Tarma)
  • War respects no one's boundaries that are not guarded
  • Exploit your enemy's weakness (Tarma)
  • Never cross a Shin'a'in, they always get their way (Tarma)
  • Bluffs either cost you half or twice (Tarma)
  • The best attack is the one no one sees coming
  • Plans, like eggs, are best at the freshest.
  • Plans are always subject to change.
  • Most battle plans do not survive the initial encounter with the enemy. (Even the best ones)
  • Whatever is prepared for never occurs
  • That was then, this is now; the moment is never the same twice.
  • Proud is the Clanchief. Prideful is the Clanchief of a two-member clan.
  • There is room in the universe for every way.
  • No disaster without some benefit.
  • Do not reject aid un-looked for
  • Every gift carries the hope for an exchange.
  • You do not hobble your hound, your horse, your hawk, your lover, or your she'enedren.
  • Love must live free.
  • You can put a hawk in a songbird's cage, but it's still a hawk.
  • Don't make judgment calls; you might find yourself on the other end of one.
  • No learning, no knowledge is ever wasted.
  • It is no boast when it is fact.
  • No one has lived who has not been a fool as least once.
  • Half of being clever is making certain you are not being stupid.
  • Who is wisest, says least.
  • What good is seeing the wonders of the world when you're too saddle-sore to enjoy them?
  • It is not wise to dispute the decisions of the Powers. They have more ways of enforcement than you have of escape.
  • It is easier to believe in grain than spirits.
  • The swordsworn seldom miss their marks. The Leshy'a Kal'enedral, never.
  • Where do you hide a red fish? In a pond full of other red fish.
  • Use the whip to get the horses out of the burning stable.
  • Be careful what you ask for, you may get it.
  • May you get exactly what you deserve. (curse)
  • May your life be eventful. Or May you live in interesting times.(curse)
  • It takes a mule to repeat a mule's bray.
• Tayledras
  • If it gets caught, it deserves to be eaten.
  • It is not wise to count the birds before they are fledged.
  • A chick can't go back in the shell, and a young hawk can't unfledged
  • Tender little baby chicks know a weasel when they see one
  • Pain shared is pain halved
  • That which is unthinkable in public is often conducted in private (Haighlei)
  • No arrow shot at a target is ever wasted, no matter how many break.
  • One does one's best and the gods decree the rest
  • To have something, sometimes you must be willing to lose it. Love must live free. Love must ever live free
  • If you plant a tree early so that it has time to grow, the roots are too deep for a later storm to tear up
  • It is a wise child that obeys its elders. It's also a child that may live to become an elder
  • A wise Healer knows when to Heal and when to let time to the Healing
  • The ones who know how to put you together also know how to take you apart
  • A person is always a child to his parents
  • To treat a person like a carpet, it is necessary that one do all the walking, and one allow himself to be walked on.
  • The road to disasters is ordered by the righteous, planned by the well-meaning and paved with their good intentions.
  • It isn't what you call me, it's what I answer to that counts
  • Home should be in your heart.
• Kaled'a'in
  • The man who flies a falcon has puncture wounds all over his fist from nervous talons. The man who flies a goshawk has an arm that is white to the elbow, because he never dares go without his gauntlet. And the man who flies a hawk eagle is the one with the eye patch. (How you tell what a falconer flies.)
  • The best attack is the one no one sees coming.
  • Long farewells give time for the enemy to aim.
  • Whatever is prepared for never occurs.
  • Knowledge will always be the best weapon against tyrants. (Urtho)
  • Parents always know how to pull your strings - after all, they attatched these strings in the first place
  • Even the deadliest of poisons could be used to heal - with expertise and great care, in the minutest of doses (An'desha)
• Valdemar
  • The lady is always the last to know
  • Tell a big enough lie, and everyone will believe it simply because it is too audacious not to be the truth (Falconsbane)
  • Anything can be used as a weapon in a case of desperation. (Kero)
  • A friendly civilian populace is the best ally a merc can have (Kero)
  • When the wind blows out of Valdemar, prepare for heavy weather (Kero)
  • When a Merc stops collecting pay, you know he is dead (Tarma)
  • There is a lot of waiting in war(Tarma)
• Karsite
  • Life is attention to both the large and the small. Pay heed to the sun, but watch your feet, or you'll fall ingloriously on your nose.
  • It's wise to be remote in the presence of one who conjures demons
  • Great destinies generally involve great funerals
  • When we have done all we can, it is time to add prayer to the rest (Ulrich)
  • Understanding is the essence of not making the same mistakes (Karal)
• Gryphons
  • Never look behind you, there may be an arrow gaining. (Skandranon)
  • A clean and neat dwelling place is the sign of a disturbed mind. (Skandranon)
  • It is easier to beg pardon than get permission. (Skandranon)
  • The quail that escapes is always fatter than the one you catch. (Zaneel)
  • Never look behind you, there may be an arrow gaining. (Skandranon)
  • A clean and neat dwelling place is the sign of a disturbed mind. (Skandranon)
  • It is easier to beg pardon than get permission. (Skandranon)
  • The quail that escapes is always fatter than the one you catch. (Zaneel)
  • Soonest begun is soonest done
• Kyree
  • You cannot have a battle without getting your fur in a mess. (Warrl)
  • You know how fierce the fighting was by how long after it takes to cleanup. (Warrl)
  • There is no such thing as coincidence, only mortals who have not fought the winds of fate. (Warrl)
• Hertasi
  • We can do this. (Hertasi Motto)
  
  
• Book of One
  • Pride shall earn equal humiliation
  • No one honors a saint on his hearthstone
  • Do not keep the ox who threshes your grain from filling his belly as he works
  
  
• Quotes From Mercedes Lackey's Book Signings
  • "Dragons are best approached by messenger."
  • "The effectiveness of a general is inversely proportional to the number of decorations he wears."
  
  
  
• Wizard Rules
  Wizards First Rule People are Stupid. Given the proper motivation, people will believe anything because they either fear it is true, or because they want to believe it is true. People's heads are filled with knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is not true, but they think it is true. People can rarely tell the difference between the truth and a lie, yet they think they can, so they are fooled more easily. People want to believe, so they do.
  
  Wizards Second Rule The greatest of harm can result from the best intentions. Kindness and good intentions can sometimes lead to horrible things.
  
  Wizards Third Rule Passion rules reason. People will let their feelings get in place of what is right or wrong.
  
  Wizards Fourth Rule In forgiveness we grant, and more so forgiveness we recieve. There is magic in forgiveness...magic to heal.
  
  Wizards Fifth Rule Always watch what people do, not only what they say. For deeds will betray a lie.