Strength and strength's will are the supreme ethic. All else are dreams from hospital beds, the sly, crawling goodness of sneaking souls.
The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
Formal religion was organized for slaves: it offered them consolation which earth did not provide.
Most people like hard work, particularly when they're paying for it.
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.
Talent does things tolerably well; genius does then intolerably better