1. (a) Never throw shit at an armed man.
(b) Never stand next to someone who is throwing shit at an armed man.
2. Never fire a laser at a mirror.
3. Mother Nature doesn't care if you're having fun.
4. F x S = k. The product of Freedom and Security is a constant. To gain more freedom of thought and/or action, you must give up some security, and vice versa.
5. Psi and/or magical powers, if real, are nearly useless.
6. It is easier to destroy than create.
7. Any damn fool can predict the past.
8. History never repeats itself.
9. Ethics change with technology.
10. Anarchy is the least stable of social structures. It falls apart at a touch.
11. There is a time and place for tact.
12. The ways of being human are bounded but infinite.
13. The world's dullest subjects, in order:
(a) Somebody else's diet. (b) How to make money for a worthy cause.
(c) Special Interest Liberation.
14. Old age is not for the faint hearted