There is no harm in telling outright lies, provided you do not always expect others to believe them straight away.

Being found to be innocent by mistake matters much more than having just been found guilty on purpose.

We are seldom asked to choose between something greater and ourselves, and to be asked to do so must also be suspect to one degree or another.

The subtle art of persuasion involves getting others to do what you want them to do, but it only really works well when they want to do it.

Never accept the acceptable at face value, as it’s never the “true straight-up”.

Whenever first tried, everything worthwhile usually has a recurring glitch to it.

Don’t move, you’ll be fooled; start moving, they’ll have to catch you at it first.

What is the truth? That is something to be reckoned with.

If you have a liking for empty gestures, don’t, as people like to question you over it.

There’s always going to be someone cleverer than you are, but that doesn’t mean you have to let him get away with it.

Vulgarity is the truth of life, what lies hidden behind the polite phrases is truly revolting.

Someone who has nothing much to say to you must also have had a good reason for it, or he wouldn’t have to say anything more about it.

Being surrounded by callus, backbiting bleeders all your life you’ll think it’s normal, and it is.

Don’t worry unduly over what you can’t control, as for all that it doesn’t often leave that much of an indelible stain.

Someone who, in all honesty, cares enough to make comment on your behaviour still does so mainly in his own interests, not yours.

Never admit to doing what you’ve probably done, even if you think you probably haven’t done it.

When you’ve got nothing else to do you go and do something else, there’s not much more to say about it.

A vague intuition concerning the best use of time also tells you how you know you’re not down if you’re up.

Whatever you do today, do try never to die of surprise, as it’s bad form, somehow.