Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.
A touchstone to determine the actual worth of an "intellectual" - find out how he feels about astrology.
Budget the luxuries first.
Ninety percent of all human wisdom is the ability to mind your own business.
Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best, he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear his shoes, bathe, and not make messes in the house.
Pessimist by policy, optimist by temperament- it is possible to be both. How? By never taking an unnecessary chance and by minimizing the risks you can't avoid. This permits you to play out the game untroubled by the certainty of the outcome.