A few Habits of Highly Effective Pirates
Rule 1: Pillage then burn.
Rule 6: If violence wasn't your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.
Rule 8: Mockery and derision have their place. Usually, it's on the far side of the airlock.
Rule 9: Never turn your back on an enemy.
Rule 12: A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head.
Rule 16: Your ship's name is in the mouth of others: be sure it has teeth.
Rule 21: Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Take his fish away and tell him he's lucky just to be alive, and he'll figure out how to catch another one for you to take tomorrow.
Rule 27: Don't be afraid to be the first to resort to violence.
Rule 29: The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy, no more, no less.