Lazarus Long

from Time Enough for Love

     Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear shoes, bathe, and not make messes in the house.

     Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors and miss!

     Never try to outstubborn a cat.

     The correct way to punctuate a sentence that starts: "Of course it is none of my business, but --" is to place a period after the word "but." Don't use excessive force in supplying such a moron with a period. Cutting his throat is only a momentary pleasure and is bound to get you talked about.

     Yield to Temptation... it may not pass your way again.