Hire people more for their judgment than for their talents.
Measure your wealth by what you'd have left if you lost all your money.
Read carefully anything that requires your signature. Remember the big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.
Don't be so concerned with your rights that you forget your manners.
Don't be called out on strikes. Go down swinging.