I don't trust a man who talks about ethics when he is picking my pocket. But if he is acting in his own self-interest and says so, I have usually been able to work out some way to do business with him.

Since survival is the sine qua non, I now define the "moral behavior" as "behavior that tends toward survival".

Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.

He's an honest politician--he stays bought.

Butterflies are self propelled flowers.

Love is what still goes on when you're not horny.

Whoring is like military service...okay in the upper brackets, not so good lower down.