Informal Guides: Slogans and Sayings

We go through life with slogans or sayings that we've crafted or have picked up from a variety of sources. Although we may not strictly follow them and some may even conflict, nonetheless they can significantly influence our conduct. A few that I've used over the years:

• Do unto others as you'd have them do unto you. [Easy choice.]
• It is more important to do right than to be right.
• The best is the enemy of the good.
• Good enough never is.
• Officers eat last.
• Be kinder than necessary.
• I'd rather be the man who bought the Brooklyn Bridge than the man who sold it.
• Time lost is never recovered.
• No one steps into the same river.
• It is always wise to understate your case.
• Do what has to be done.
• If all else fails, lower your standards.
• There is no such thing as a free lunch.
• Haste makes waste.
• The side that cares least controls (the negotiations).
• If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
• The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.
• Pay attention to your instincts.

Others?