What are the facts? Again and again and again – what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore divine revelation, forget what “the stars foretell,” avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable “verdict of history” – what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into an unknown future; facts are your single clue. Get the facts!

Faith strikes me as intellectual laziness.

Never own more than you can carry in both hands at a dead run.

Budget the luxuries first.

Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.

In a mature society, 'civil servant' is semantically equal to 'civil master.'

'Savage' describes a cultural condition, not a degree of intelligence.