Truth is irrelevant. What is relevant is whether or not they believe it."

The logic in the words grated. "The first rule of scoundrels?

there are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely - or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands.

Maxim 1:
Pillage, then burn.

-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

Maxim 2:
A sergeant in motion outranks a lieutenant who doesn't know what's going on.

-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

Never subject to the rules, believing that the correct judgement and healthy nature keep her in the honesty she lived in.

Right now I've got just two rules to live by.

Rule one: don't taunt elephants.
Rule two: don't stand next to anybody who taunts elephants.

-Sergeant Schlock