“The lightn’ings on which they rode were bent with talon’d lash,
An’ few there were that rode ahead and batter’d out their path,
But others reach’d with grasping hands to pluck fools from the fray,
An’ best as known them sorry souls are ridden to this day.”
– Folk rhyme
“Them that’s young and well and free and yearn to do their part,
is tenth as worse as them that’s old with hunger in their hearts.”
-Folk saying, attributed to upper Shades
“Do not jest with the laughing god, for his mirth is more brittle than a fingernail”
-Folk Saying
“Only an insect expects a giant to watch his step.”
-Folk saying
“When striking iron, it’s better to break the hammer than the arm that swings it.”
– Old folk saying, Red City circa 500 B.S.C.
“Heavy purse, heavy conscience.”
-Folk saying