Don't burn bridges. The people that will vouch for you, who will connect you, are the people who know you. Everyone else will be wary.

Don't get so angry that you pull down the roof of the house you are in to hurt someone else in the house. There is freedom in forgiveness - it frees you to focus on what is right for you, vs what your anger wants you to do.

The loser of a knife fight dies on the street, the winner dies in hospital.

Two men are going somewhere. A mad man slaps them both. One stays to fight the mad man. The other shakes his head and continues his way. What did the mad man want?

People are different. A game you play with one, another will take as an insult to his grave. You may not always know who is who, but watch the reactions. Your game is not other peoples game. It's the small things that change a fortune.