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

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 why the Starks have so little humor.

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

He who hurries through life hurries to his grave.

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

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