“‘We can keep our enemies by continuing to treat them badly, and lose our friends by treating them too well.
“‘Wisdom after the event is only repentance.’”
“Bedad,” said Micus, “he knew a thing or two.”
“No doubt about it,” said Padna.
“And ’twas by writing down his thoughts on the bark of trees that he spent his time,” said Micus.
“Yes,” said Padna. “And ’tis better a man should write down his thoughts, and then forget them, than to leave them die in his mind, or maybe eat into his heart and send him to an early grave.”
“Many a man went to his grave for saying too much,” said Micus.
“And many a man went to his grave for saying nothing at all,” said Padna.