An armed society is a polite society.

The early worm deserves the bird.

If an elderly respected expert in a given field tells you that something can be done he is almost certainly right. If an elderly respected expert in a given field tells you that something is impossible, he is almost certainly wrong.

Never appeal to a man's 'better nature.' He may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage.

Beauty is not diminished by being shared.

If you do not believe that a man will commit murder for one can of tomatoes, then you have never been hungry.

I was there to see beautiful naked women. So was everybody else. It's a common failing.