Implausible truth can serve one better than plausible fiction
The best way to get out of debt is not to seek to get out of debt, but to seek to create wealth
Why fight the 'natural' (oh, weaselly word!) order of things? Why? Because of this--one fine day, a purely predatory world shall consume itself. In an individual, selfishness uglifies the soul; for the human species, selfishness is extinction.
False modesty can be worse than arrogance.
Leaves turned to soil beneath my feet. Thus it is, trees eat themselves.
Whoever dies with the most stuff wins.