No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife between the shoulder blades will cramp his style.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
These are excellent lessons to break him, and make him light in hand: but nothing puts a horse so much upon his haunches, and consequently makes him so light in hand, as my new method of the pillar.
I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.
The sword the body wounds, sharp words the mind.
In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.
A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
His hands would plait the priest's guts, if he had no rope, to strangle kings.