Waking a person unnecessarily should not be considered a capital crime. For a first offense, that is.

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.

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.

But, if there ever was a time in history when "peace" meant that there was no fighting going on, I have been unable to find out about it.

You don’t pay back, you pay forward.

If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for ... but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong.

A brute kills for pleasure. A fool kills from hate.