1094 – “Love everybody, but never sell your sword.”

-Paulo Coelho

741 – “A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”

–Tyrion Lannister in George R R Martin’s A Game of Thrones

239 – “The sword is no less marvelous in the right hand of a woman.”

–Francesco Antonio Mattei [Attributed, see Source Note]