Tywin Lannister

The house that puts family first will always defeat the house that puts the whims and wishes of its sons and daughters first.

Do you know what legacy means? It's what you pass down to your children and your children's children. It's what remains of you when you're gone.

You don't need to make formal alliances with people you trust.

— Aren't most girls more interested in the pretty maidens from the songs? Jonquil with the flowers in her hair?
— Most girls are idiots.

All of us dead, all of us rotting in the ground. It's the family name that lives on. It's all that lives on. Not your personal glory, not your honor, but family.