“Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid”

“The Wizard's First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation almost anyone will believe almost anything.”

“...Wizard's Fifth Rule: Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie.”

“Wizard's Eleventh and Final RuleThe "Rule Unspoken", the "Rule Unwritten", "The rule from the beginning of time.”

“The most important rule there is, the Wizard's Sixth Rule: the only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason.”

“Wizard's Third RulePassion rules reason, for better or for worse.”

“Wizard's Seventh RuleLife is the future, not the past.”