Know about the appeals process, especially in the case of the most serious crimes.

The squeaky wheel may get the most oil, but it's also the first to be replaced.

If achieving your potential requires favorable judgment by others, you are much less likely to succeed.

Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors. Behind one door is a car, the others, goats. You pick a door, say #1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say #3, which has a goat. He says to you: 'Do you want to pick door #2?' Is it to your advantage to switch your choice of doors?

I've never found an interesting person with a foul mouth.

Know how to behave at a fine restaurant, which is a telltale measure of social maturity.

It is a lot easier to prove that you don't love someone than it is to prove that you do, but one of the best 'proofs' I know is the desire to devote time to the person with no expectation of any sort of compensation, including gratitude, in return.