The best personal defense is an explosive counterattack.
No sensible person ever opens the door of his house without knowing who is knocking.
It is true that a victim who fights back may suffer for it, but one who does not almost certainly will suffer for it.
The proper course of action, when under attack, is usually to counterattack.
There ain't many troubles that a man caint fix With seven hundred dollars and a thirty ought six.
A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.