You’ll find that in most civilized nations you do what you’re told because it’s good for you, and if you don’t do what you’re told they’ll lock you up for it, because it’s good for you too.

Some people don’t like authority, simply because it smacks their bottoms with gusto.

You can sometimes discover that some things can be so sad in this life that you’ve just got to laugh, or else there might be a minor revolution in the making.

You’ll usually find that there is room for every man in his place and a place for every man, and if you step out of your place then there will be no place for a man like you.

Much of life is about taking what’s your due; but let’s not be nasty about it: always smile while you’re about it.

When you come up against it and manage to walk around it, if you wish you might then choose to say that, “There but for the sake of God go I.” As some other poor sods don’t get the chance to say so; so until it’s your turn you may as well say it for them.

Thinking about some things once that don’t actually need thinking about more than once is quite enough, while continuing to do so is a waste of good boozing time.

Wise men have always sought like-minded men to relate to; hence the skinhead was invented to fill the incredibility-gap in the market.

There is a proper value and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act that a misplaced audience cannot clap to.

If you act foolishly for yourself, you immediately become a clown for the audience who go about looking for such entertaining people to gawk at.

When they start to tell you that “you’re still young,” or “you’re not that old,” you’ll wish they told you that a whole lot earlier.

It is a “human need” to know that people will act ruthlessly over the realization of their nearness to death, although they may not care to admit this to you at the time.

If you don’t want to be manipulated you must learn to be manipulative; there is no in between for a flash in the pan of the likes of a man.

If you are disliked you will be attacked in some way, even if you don’t realize the full effectiveness of it.

Always manage to tell the people what they want to hear and you’ll be a popular fellow, along with the rest of the echoing majority.

Living in a crazy world even you could be crazy and not know it; but then, however crazy you are, the standard of sanity is always set by what you would do, not what you wouldn’t.

Sometimes we can put laziness aside in favour of action, and tomorrow is always a good time to start.