To cook on the front burner

“One only understands the things that one tames,” said the fox. “Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready mad at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a friend, tame me!”

—Chapter 21

I have often been forced to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that there was no place else to go.

—Abrahan Lincoln

The five laws:

1. It must be brief
2. It must be definitive
3. It must be personal
4. It must have a twist
5. It must be philosophical