One of my favorites is:
“Never lie, never tell the whole truth, and never pass up a chance to use a real bathroom.”
“if you dropped a coin (or other small object) and you can’t find it anymore, drop another coin and see where it goes.”
Wore hard contacts back when those were a thing. Trained myself to look straight down when I drop something. No pause, don’t look for the thing, look straight down immediately, catch it on the bounce.
Caveat: This does not work when a spring pops on your project. Place a flashlight flat on the floor and scan. My gunsmith has a sweet trick for springs. Take it apart inside a bag.
I am different from Washington; I have a higher, grander standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie, but I won’t.
–Mark Twain
“Futility is freedom”