A ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.
A man who won’t listen can’t hear.
A man who fights for coin is loyal only to his purse.
A man must know how to look before he can hope to see.
A man might befriend a wolf, even break a wolf, but no man could truly tame a wolf.
A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot.
A Lannister always pays his debts.[repeated often in the rest of the book]
A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he’ll look you straight in the face.
A great battle is a terrible thing, but in the midst of blood and carnage, there is sometimes also beauty, beauty that could break your heart.
A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.
A fair bargain leaves both sides unhappy.
