The best way to forge a lasting alliance isn't by peeling a man's skin off. The best way is marriage
Lord Walder let me choose any of his granddaughters, and promised me the girl's weight in silver as a dowry. So I have a fat young bride
In my family we say: A naked man has few secrets. A flayed man none
We become a great house by entering alliances with other houses and parlaying those alliances into greater power